Vocabulary
A narrow strip connecting two large and areas.
What is an isthmus?
The number of countries in Central America.
What is 7?
A place where plants and animals rely on the environment to survive.
What is an individual ecosystem?
People who hunt or fish illegally.
What is poachers?
Cuba's government was controlled by a series of leaders who were corrupt, or dishonest, and had complete control.
What are dictators?
The lowland next to the sea coast.
What is the coastal plain?
The main landforms for Central America.
What are mountains, coastal plains and rain forests?
Two natural disasters that affect daily life and economic activities in the region.
What are earthquakes and volcanoes?
Urteaga and his team save sea turtles by this method.
What is motivating people through their brains and their hearts?
Smaller parts of a larger nation.
What are provinces?
a part of Earth's crust.
What is tectonic plate?
Leading crop grown on the coastal plains.
What is sugarcane?
Reasons for deforestation.
What is commercial farmland, grazing cattle, firewood, small farms for plentiful crops?
Trade among three continents, the Americas, Europe and Africa.
What is the triangular trade?
Crops used for profit.
What are cash crops?
The loss of forests.
What is deforestation?
The rich volcanic soil is ideal for an important export in Central America.
What is growing coffee beans?
The national symbol of Guatemala.
What is the quetzal?
Governors who represented the Spanish king and queen.
What is a viceroys?
The industry that brings income to the region and provides jobs so rural people do not need to depend on rain forest land for farming.
What is tourism or the travel industry?
A chain of islands.
What is an archipelago?
Heavily wooded forests that may receive more than 100 inches of rain per year.
What are rain forests?
The parts of the Earth's crust that have caused land to rise and mountains and volcanoes to form in this area.
What is the Cocos Plate and the Caribbean Plate?
A former slave who began a movement for independence.
Who is Toussaint L'Ouverture?
A nation that governs itself but is part of a larger country.
What is the commonwealth?