Geography
Vocabulary
Physical Features
People/Culture
Economy and Environment
100
In the north, Central America borders what country?
What is Mexico?
100
Descendents of Spanish and Native peoples
Who are Mestizos?
100
more than 13,000 feet tall
What are high mountains?
100
Spain
What country influenced Central America the most?
100
growing crops for family use
What is subsistence farming?
200
Mainland
What is a large area of land that is not an island?
200
Self-sufficient Spanish farms
What is a Hacienda?
200
small coastal plain
What is at the water's edge?
200
Mixture of Spanish and native peoples
What is 'mestizo'?
200
biggest challenge to Central America and Caribbean
What is overdevelopment?
300
Mexico
What is the country north of Central America?
300
Volcanoes that do not erupt
What is 'dormant'?
300
volcanoes
What is still active on many islands in the Caribbean?
300
descendents of Spanish and African people
Who are 'mulattos'?
300
big part of economy on Caribbean Islands
What is tourism?
400
Bahamas
What are the islands north of all of the others?
400
These islands are made from the remains of coral.
What are atolls?
400
Heat from inside the earth
What is Geothermal?
400
territory of United States
What is 'Puerto Rico'?
400
weather
What is one of the major natural resources?
500
Borders Central America to the South
What is Columbia?
500
Archipelago
What is a chain of islands called?
500
rain forests
What is located on the eastern side of Central America?
500
Christianity
What religion do most people of Central America and Caribbean practice?
500
bananas, cotton, coffee
What are crops exported from Cental America?
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