1. D: 11/13/12
A: Notes on Central America
S: How do countries of Central
America make money?
H: Aztec codex Due Fri. 11/16
w.o.d: ecotourism
Warm-Up: Complete the Central
America Reading

2. Word of the Day
WORD DEIFINTION SENTENCE PICTURE
The practice Ecotourism
of using a is big in
Ecotourism places
natural Central
resources America
to attract
tourists. due to its
rainforests.

3. I. Land
a. Sits where plates meet causes many
volcanoes & earthquakes
b. Volcanic eruptions in the Central
Highlands make soil very fertile
c. The low lands on either side of the
highlands create many lakes
d. Made up of Belize, Guatemala, El
Salvador Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa
Rica and Panama

4. II. Climate
a. Mostly tropical
b. Mountains regions are cool year-round
c. In the Lowlands May to November is
warm & rainy and December to April it
is hot & dry
d. Hurricanes hit in fall and summer

5. III. Economy
a. Farming – 50% of the people are
farmers
i. The wealthy own plantations of
coffee, bananas, sugarcane & cotton
ii. Substance Farms for families grow
beans, corn and rice and raise
livestock

6. IV. Rainforests
a. Give expensive woods like mahogany
& rosewood
b. New medicine is developed from
plants
c. Lumbering is done by cutting down
trees which is ruining the trees
d. Some forest are set aside for eco-
tourism

7. V. Industry
a. Very few factories but they do
make clothes, computer chips &
medicines, People who do not farm
work here
b. Tourism is a growing market to
Central America

8. IV. Panama Canal
a. Stretches across Panama to allow
ships to travel from the Caribbean
Sea to the Pacific Ocean.
b. Ships have to pay a fee to use it.

9. VII. History
a. Settled by the Mayans until the
Spanish took over
b. Today all countries are
democratic some have
presidents but Belize has a
parliamentary-democracy

10. VIII. Daily Life
– Most people live in Guatemala speak
Native American languages and are
Roman-Catholic
– Salsa is the number one music and
dance.
– Baseball & futbol (soccer) are the
number one sports