Question

How do the local economies in Central America and the Caribbean show effects of colonialism

Answer 1

Answer:

Agriculture, slave trade, railroad transportation.

Explanation:

• Latin America is export based and consists of the individual countries of the Caribbean and the north, central and the South American division. Set in a colonial-era that were controlled by the Spanish and the Portuguese empire

• The deposits of the metals, mainly silver, and a tropical climate that allowed for the development of cane sugar, rubber plantations.  

• Various regions have poverty and inequality have been deeply connected with Latin American societies that saw the impact of colonial power.

• Slave trade through the Atlantic routes and development of the navigation along with the transport routes

Answer 2

Answer:

The local economies of the region of Central America and the Caribbean are based on the activities of agriculture and tourism mainly and this has been done by the native people, the Africans and the Europeans of this region.

This has resulted in the uneven distribution of wealth and income among the people of that region and there fore the growth is also uneven. This was one of the effects of colonialism.