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1	Middle America Revolution in Mexico The Mesa Central, Mexico’s Heartland U.S. Influence in Northern Mexico Indians of Mexico’s Southern Tropics Central America Lands of the Maya Southern Crossroads of Central America The West Indies The Bahamas The Greater Antilles The Lesser Antilles
2	Revolution in Mexico The Mesa Central, Mexico’s Heartland Conquest of the Aztec Capital Life in Mexico City The Seat of Government History of Revolt Reforms Since the Revolution
3	Revolution in Mexico U.S. Influence in Northern Mexico Oil on the Gulf Deserts, Mines and Ranches of the Northern Plateau Gulf of California Indians of Mexico’s Southern Tropics Poverty of the Southern Highlands Mayas in the Yucatan
4	Central America Lands of the Maya Guatemala, The Maya Heartland Belize, the Outsider El Salvador, Land of the Volcanoes Honduras, the Banana Republic
5	Central America Southern Crossroads of Central America Nicaragua’s Bout with Communism Democracy in Costa Rica, Land of the Eternal Spring Panama, Crossroads of the World
6	The West Indies The Bahamas The Greater Antilles Cuba The Two Nations of Hispaniola Haiti Dominican Republic Jamaica U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
7	"The Lesser Antilles" The Lesser Antilles Leeward Islands St. Kitts and Nevis Antigua and Barbuda Dominica The Windward Islands Martinique St. Lucia Grenada Outlying Lesser Antilles Trinidad and Tabago Barbados