The
vocabulary words below are different than the ones included
in the "Definitions" page for Central America. The
"Definitions" include specific terms that are necessary
for readers to be familiar with when trying to understand the
various events that have occurred in Central America.
However, the vocabulary words below are general terms that may
be unfamiliar to students in certain grade levels.
The
vocabulary words are divided according to the particular section
and then the particular page that they appear on, so you may
notice that some of the words are repeated.
Central
America
Peoples: majority vs. minority, Catholicism, conversion,
evangelical, Protestant
Politics:
conquest, colonial period, disintegrated, Conservative,
Liberals, integration, monopolies, free trade, status quo,
revolutionary movements, communist, prosperity, abolished
Geography:
highlands, lowlands, deforestation
History:
Before the Common Era (BCE), Common Era (CE), colonial period,
province, smallpox, subjugated, Liberals, Conservatives
Maya Biosphere Reserve
The Maya: Before the Common Era (BCE), Common Era (CE)
Challenges
the Reserve: deforestation, environmentalist
Panama Canal
Current Issues: corruption, revolutionary group, terrorist
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