Faces People, Places, and World Culture for Kids and Children

THIS IS CENTRAL AMERICA!

I t’s time to visit Central America. But first, it helps to know exactly where Central America is. Despite its name, it is the southernmost part of North America, which can seem a little confusing. It makes up most of the isthmus dividing the Pacific Ocean from the Caribbean Sea.

An isthmus is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses and has water on both sides. Central America is located between Mexico and South America, and it includes seven countries: Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and

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