1. identify the political boundaries of central america.
2. identify the bodies of water near the central america and the caribbean regions.
3. explain why emigration from central america is increasing.
4. identify the location of the mayan ruins.
5. define and identify archipelago.
6. define and identify an isthmus in central america.
7. describe the importance of hieroglyphics in mayan society.
8. identify the two islands that comprise hispaniola.
9. identify the civilization that is considered the mother-culture of pre-hispanic mexico.
10. define: microloan. describe how microloan

1)Central America is the southernmost part of North America on the Isthmus of Panama, that links the continent to South America

2) The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos are bodies present around the Carribean Sea

3) Because these nations are struggling economically because of population issues.  All three of these nations have a high population density causing substandard living situations. 

4) The Mayan ruins are located in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Belize

5) Archipelago is an extensive group of islands.

6) The Isthmus of Panama is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America. It contains the country of Panama and the Panama Canal. Like many isthmuses

7) Maya writing used logograms complemented by a set of syllabic glyphs, somewhat similar in function to modern Japanese writing. Mayan writing was called "hieroglyphics" or hieroglyphs by early European explorers of the 18th and 19th centuries who did not understand it but found its general appearance reminiscent of Egyptian hieroglyphs, to which the Mayan writing system is not at all related.

8) Hispaniola is a Caribbean island made up of two independent countries: the Dominican Republic in the east and Haiti in the west. The 640 mile (about a thousand km) long island is the second-largest in the Caribbean.

9) Hispaniola is a Caribbean island made up of two independent countries: the Dominican Republic in the east and Haiti in the west. The 640 mile (about a thousand km) long island is the second-largest in the Caribbean.

10) A microloan is defined as a very small, short-term loan with a low interest rate, usually extended to a start-up company or self-employed person. Typically, these loans do not exceed $35,000.

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