El+Salvador,+Guatemala,+Nicaragua+1914-present

· **Leaders, Elites** · **State Structure** · **War** · **Diplomacy, Treaties** · **Courts, Laws** || all governments very unstable -Guatemalan Congress took a stand against child sexual exploitation, child pornography, sexual abuse, domestic violence-El Salvador president elected for five year term1954- Guatemala governed by military dictatoriships El Salvador "fourteen families" small ruling elites hold land and powerall very dysfunctional with political power Honduras- multiparty republic 1963- military revolt in honduras to overthrow government (beginning || · **Type of System**   · **Technology, Industry**   · **Trade, Commerce**   · **Capital/Money**   · **Types of Businesses** || =**-none were rich in gold or silver so the colonists found riches in the land and labor-they are mostly impoverished**= =**-small groups of people owned land so only wealthy classes profited**= =**El Salvador,Guatemals, Nicaragua- beans, cattle, sugar, timber (land based products)**=
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|| · **Holy Books** · **Beliefs, Teachings** · **Conversion** · **Sin/Salvation** · **Deities** || Christianity is the main religion (93%)^Roman Catholics, Protestants, Pentecosts, Jews, Baptists || · **Family** · **Gender Relations** · **Social Classes** · **Inequalities** · **Life Styles** || -gender based violence-rape, domestic abuse, young girls death -exploitation of indigenous people on work labor-mestizos are ethnic majority in el salvador, nicaragua-ladinos are ethnic majority in honduras small groups of elites dominate wealth and power in three unstable countries || · **Art, Music** · **Writing, Literature** · **Philosophy** · **Math & Science** · **Education** ||  || · **Location** · **Physical** · **Movement** · **Human/Environment** · **Region** || =central america= =nicaragua-four main regions, numerous rivers to Caribbean Ocean and Pacific ocean= =honduras- part of an isthmus. own bay islands, swan islands and more in pacific ocean= =el salvador- west coast, unstable zone so frequent to earthquakes= ||
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NOTES: all are apart of violence and political unstability