Central America and the Panama Canal

Colombian Exchange

the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe, Asia, and Africa

Panama Canal (2)

(TR) , The United States built the Panama Canal to have a quicker passage to the Pacific from the Atlantic and vice versa. It cost $400,000,000 to build.

Havana

Capital of Cuba

These are considered to be...

Caribbean Countries

What is this country?

Cuba

Longitude

Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees

A Country would save money because it wouldn't have to import natural resources needed by the people.

How do natural resources contribute to economic growth of a country?

What is this country?

Panama

Literacy Rate (economic indicator)

Shows the percentage of people in a country who can read and write at an elementary school level.

Gross Domestic Product GDP

The value of goods and services produced within a country in a given year is called what?

The higher the literacy rate, the higher the standard of living; the more developed a country is going to be.

What effect does the literacy rate have on a country's GDP?(Gross Domestic Product)

Panama Canal (1)

What is the name of the water way that stretches across the Isthmus of Panama. Ships pay fees to use the canal to take a short cut between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.

Latitude

distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees