This is the dominant language spoken throughout Central America.

This is the southernmost country in Centra America that connects to South America.

This country is celebrated as a world leader in renewable energy, generating most of its electricity from hydropower and running on renewables roughly 300 days a year.

A narrow strip of land with water on either side connecting two larger land areas is called this.

In 2021, this Central American country made international news by adopting Bitcoin as an official currency.

This mist-covered, high-elevation forest in western Costa Rica is home to about 100 mammal species, 400 bird species, and draws around 70,000 ecotourists each year.

This coral reef system, stretching over 600 miles along the coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras, is the second-largest barrier reef on Earth.

Most of Central America sits atop this tectonic plate, which is why the region experiences frequent volcanoes and earthquakes.

This dense jungle region on the Panama-Colombia border interrupts the Pan-American Highway and sees hundreds of thousands of migrants cross it each year on their way to the US border.

This tropical rainforest, considered the second largest in the Americas after the Amazon, covers much of the Yucatán Peninsula and is the ancestral homeland of the ancient Maya civilization.

The Panama Canal connects this body of water to the Pacific Ocean.

Because the land in Panama is hilly, the canal uses this system to raise and lower ships instead of cutting straight through at sea level.

The US helped Panama gain independence from this country in 1903 in exchange for the right to build and control the canal.

Ships built just large enough to fit through the Panama Canal are known by this term.

In 1978, President Jimmy Carter negotiated these treaties, which ultimately handed full control of the Panama Canal back to Panama at the end of 1999.

Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico all belong to this group of larger Caribbean islands.

This island nation is the birthplace of Rastafari religion and reggae music and is famous for its Blue Mountain coffee and jerk food.

The island of Hispaniola is shared by Haiti and this country, which is the Caribbean's most visited tourist destination.

Cuba's Communist government has been at odds with the United States since this leader's 1959 revolution.

Puerto Rico has been a commonwealth of the United States since 1952, meaning its residents are US citizens but cannot vote in these.

This civilization dominated Central America from roughly 400–900 CE and left behind major archaeological sites like Tikal and Chichén Itzá.

This was the largest group of indigenous people to inhabit the Caribbean before the arrival of Europeans.

The Taíno occupied the Greater Antilles while this group, known as fierce warriors who resisted European colonization, occupied the Lesser Antilles.

This country became the first Caribbean nation to win independence after a successful revolution in 1804.

Most of Central America declared independence from what European country?

This type of severe storm causes devastation across the Caribbean during the June to November season.

This type of tourism is responsible travel that conserves the environment and supports local communities and is especially prominent in Costa Rica.

The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef faces what major environmental threats.

This environmental problem describes the clearing of forests to convert land to other uses and is one of the biggest threats to the Selva Maya rainforest.

This Caribbean island sees far fewer American tourists than others largely due to the ongoing US embargo.