Vocabulary
Physical Geography
Central America
Panama Canal
Caribbean Islands
100
A regional variety of a language.
Dialect
100
How many countries make up Central America? Name one of them...
Seven (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, & Panama)
100
Which three groups of people share a history in Central America?
Maya, Spanish, USA
100
The Panama Canal provides a link between three bodies of water.
Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean
100
This man discovered the islands.
Christopher Columbus
200
Someone who flees to another country, usually for political or economic means.
Refugee
200
Give two reasons why travel is so difficult in this area...
Mountains, Volcanoes, only a few short rivers, rugged terrain
200
The US based United Fruit Company developed these methods of transportation to help their business.
Railroads, Ports
200
This country built the canal.
USA
200
Name two of the countries that established colonies in the islands.
English, French, Dutch, Danish
300
The practice of using an area's natural environment to attract tourists.
Eco-tourism
300
Name two of the four islands of the Greater Antilles...
Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico
300
This is the official language in most countries.
Spanish
300
In this year, a treaty returned the canal to Panama's control.
1999
300
Most islanders descend from these two groups of people.
Europeans, Africans
400
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas.
Isthmus
400
Some inland mountain areas are covered with these moist, high level tropical forests.
Cloud forests
400
Most people are of this religion.
Roman Catholic
400
Why was Panama a good location for the canal?
Narrowest
400
This festival is one of the biggest celebrated.
Carnival
500
A large group of islands
Archipelago
500
List three of the region's agricultural exports...
Coffee, bananas, sugarcane, cotton
500
This country has a history of peace and does not even have an army.
Costa Rica
500
This many miles are saved by using the canal.
8,000
500
This country is communist and has Havana as its capital.
Cuba
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