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World History Test Essay The region of Central America and the Caribbean are laden with such cinematic and beautiful physical features such as sunny beaches, volcanic mountains, rain forests, and clear blue water. Thus it is this beauty that is considered as the greatest resource for the region among others, due to the amount of tourism it has bloomed.(Salter 58) The region is renowned for its agriculture – friendly soil, which is renowned for the abundance of crops. As a result European powers colonized the area for land and crops.(Salter 61) When the European powers came they needed labor force, therefore the Native Americans and enslaved Africans are provided. Consequently the mixture of cultures occurred. (Salter 62) The Region of Central America is an isthmus, or a narrow strip of land that connects two colossal land areas. Chains of mountains and volcanoes separated the Caribbean and Pacific coastal plains, and a meager amount of short rivers flow through Central America. The ruggedness of elevation in the region and absence of good water routes limits transportation. (Salter 58) The Caribbean Island’s physical features include an archipelago, and three main island groups. The archipelago in this region stretches from the southern tip of Florida to northern part of South America, thus it …show more content…
Coastal plains of Central America are humid tropical and tropical savanna climates. On the pacific coast of Central America it used to be savanna vegetation, but it was replaced by plantation and ranches. The inland mountain areas are cool and humid climates. Cloud forest are common in the mountainous areas. (Salter 60) The climate of the Caribbean islands are humid tropical and tropical savanna. (Salter 60) The change in seasons is determined by rainfall and temperatures are constant. The duration of summer to fall is a hurricane season, where hurricanes are a threat to in the region (Salter
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