Vocabulary
What is tourism
the business of travel
What is a canal
The promotion of products
Give an example of a habitat
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What was the purpose of the Panama Canal
To connect the Pacific ocean and the Atlantic ocean
What is the definition of intersection
A meeting point for traders and settlers from many countries
What is the definition of eliminate
To get rid of
What is reserve
What is a reason that people migrate away from their country
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What does diversity do for the countries of Central America and the Caribbeans
It attracts people to visit
What does the world fused mean
The blending into a rich cooking tradition
What is the definition of locks
Devices that help to equalize the water levels in a canal
What is standard of living
Haiti struggles to get back on their feet from an economic standpoint because
They are one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere
Their airport and seaports were damaged during a natural disaster and they haven't been able to get help
Name 1 country in Central America
Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and St. Lucia
What is the definition of distinct
Easily recognized, blend of strong spices
What is infrastructure?
The basic systems a society needs (roads, bridges, and electricity)
What is displaced
Being forced from your home
What is one possible reason that so little people were moved out of the tent towns in Haiti after the earthquake in 2010
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How many people were displaced after the Haiti earthquake in 2010
1.5 million
What is terrain
Physical land features
The official guidelines and procedures
What is ecotourism
Is a way of visiting natural areas that conserves the resources of the region.
Costa Rica- 94.9% literacy rate and 24.8% poverty
Nicaragua- 67.5% literacy rate and 42% poverty
The poorer a country is there tends to be a lower literacy rate
This country owned the Panama Canal before the United States did
France