These two Central American countries share a border with Mexico.
What are Belize and Guatemala
100
A group of islands. The Caribbean is an example of this geographical phenomena.
What is an archipelago
100
By 250 AD this group was building many temples and large cities throughout Central America
Who is the Maya
100
This man "discovered" the Caribbean Islands while looking for India for Spain.
Who is Christopher Columbus
100
A regional variety of language
What is a dialect
200
This is the largest country in the Caribbean
What is Cuba
200
A forest that is moist, tropical, and high in elevation where low clouds form.
What is a cloud forest.
200
By the 1500's this country had claimed control of most of Spain
What is Spain
200
This man is the most famous of reggae musicians to come from the homeland of reggae music
Who is Bob Marley
200
The people of this Central American country speak English as their primary language
What is Belize
300
This is the smallest country in mainland Central America
What is El Salvador
300
The four islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispañola, and Puerto Rico make up this group of islands.
What is the Greater Antilles
300
In 1914 this country built the world's greatest canal.
What is the United States of America
300
Someone who flees a country, usually for political or economic reasons
What is a refugee
300
The people of this Commonwealth speak Spanish as their primary language, but are all in fact American Citizens.
What is Puerto Rico
400
A country famous for being the home of Reggae music.
What is Jamaica
400
These smaller islands stretch from the Virgin Islands to Trinidad and Tobago
What is the Lesser Antilles
400
The Panama Canal connected these TWO bodies of water, making trade in the Americas significantly more efficient
What are the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea
400
Conflicts between two or more groups of people within a country are known as these. These have played an important role in the recent history of Central American nations.
What is civil war
400
This is language is spoken throughout Haiti, Dominica, and Saint Lucia. It is a dialect that includes a mixture of European and African languages.
What is Creole (French)
500
This was the first country to earn independence in the Caribbean
What is Haiti
500
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas
What is an isthmus
500
In this year control of the Panama Canal was turned over to Panama from the United States
What is 1999
500
This man was born a slave, but eventually gained his freedom and led the nation of Haiti to independence from France