CENTRAL AMERICALANDFORMSCentral America is located on an isthmus
that connects North and South America.
The Panama Canal greatly changed things as now ships could pass
from the Caribbean to the Pacific and back again.3 Major Land
FormsMountainous Core
Caribbean Lowlands
Pacific Coastal Plain PEOPLE AND CULTURESINDIANS
EUROPEANS AND MESTIZOS
AFRICAN DESCENTWEALTH AND POVERTYMOST OF THE WEALTH IN THE
CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES IS HELD BY A FEW PEOPLE.
67% OF Central Americans are poor.
The middle class is very small.EconomicsFarming is the main
source of earning money.
Most survive by subsistence farming.
Cash crops are coffee, bananas and cottonPolitical ConflictThere
is a great deal of political unrest in Central America.
Shortage of farmland is a major issueGovernments seem to serve
the interests of the wealthyCorrupt political systemsUnstable
governmentsCivil wars usually spurred on by harsh government
