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Middle America
• Mexico + Central America + Caribbean
part of North America
• Part of Latin America
• Not part of South America
2 peninsulas
1 isthmus:
Tehuantepec
Salt water bodies:
Pacific
Gulf of California
Gulf of Mexico
Bay of Campeche
Caribbean
Central AmericaPart of North America?
Part of Middle America?
7 countries:
Guatemala
Belize
El Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
2 bodies of salt water
2 large fresh water lakes:
Lake Nicaragua, Lake Managua
Caribbean (West Indies)
Greater Antilles:
4 large islands:
Cuba
Jamaica
Hispaniola
Puerto Rico
Lesser Antilles:
in arc between S. America and Greater Antilles
13 independent nations in Caribbean:
1 Bahamas
2 Cuba
3 Jamaica
4 Haiti
5 Dominican Republic
6 St. Christopher (St. Kitts and Nevis)
7 Antigua and Barbuda
8 Dominica
9 St. Lucia
10 Barbados
11 St. Vincent and the Grenadines
12 Grenada
13 Trinidad and Tobago
Dependent nations belonging to US,UK, France, Netherlands
US:
Puerto Rico
self-governing commonwealth
U.S.Virgin Islands
50 islands; internal self- government
Navassa
UK:
Turks and Caicos Islands
(self-governing associated state of UK)
Cayman Islands
(3 self-governing islands)
British Virgin Islands
36 islands
Anguilla
near British Virgin Islands
Montserrat
near Antigua
France
• Guadeloupe: – A French Overseas Department
Islands administered by Guadelope are:
Marie-Galante,
La Desirade,
Iles des Saintes,
St. Barthelemy (Bar-te-le MEE) (St. Barths), St. Martin
(St. Martin is jointly ruled by France and Netherlands ; smallest political unit on earth ruled by two countries)
• Martinique
Netherlands:
Netherland Antilles (5 islands) :
autonomous and self-governing
Bonaire
Curacao
Saba
St. Eustatius
St. Maarten
Aruba
South America
Part of Latin America; parts not “Latin”
12 countries and one French Overseas Department
(French Guiana)