A map that shows the boundaries of countries, states, cities, and countries
What is geopolitical maps?
a land bridge between 2 bodies of water
What is an isthmus?
All 7 Central American countries have this physical feature
What is a tropical rainforest?
a large amount of something
What is abundance?
to move from one area to another
migrate
A map that shows the elevation and the shape of Earth's surface
What is a topographic map?
the practice of farming
What is agriculture?
Central America is home to over 70 _____
What are volcanoes?
act of dividing, spreading, or supplying something
What is distribution?
this changed the course of history for Central America and the world forever
the Columbian Exchange
maps that show destinations that are popular for tourists
What are tourist maps?
This imaginary line runs right through Central America
What is the equator?
Central America has 25 ______
What are mountain peaks?
tourism that is more natural and focuses on protecting and conserving the environment
What is ecotourism?
2 reasons why people migrate
economic, political, saftey, environmental
the distance of the land from sea level
What is elevation?
true or false:
Tropical rainforests were easy places for people to settle in Central America
false
Many of the mountain peaks in Central America are
What are volcanic?
3 natural resources found in Central America:
gold, copper, fish
one consequence of the Columbian Exchange is
the transfer of diseases
What type of map is this:
map is this:
What is a tourist map?
the 3 regions in Central America are: Atlantic Lowlands, Cetral Highlands, and ________
What is the Pacific Lowlands?
the Caribbean islands have 19____
What are active volcanoes?
Ectorourism is significant to which country
Costa Rica
a change that happens in animals if owned by humans over a long period of time
domesticated