Vocabulary
Central America
West Indies
Important Landmarks
Culture
100
large farm that grows one crop to sell for money
What is a plantation
100
How many countries are in CENTRAL AMERICA? Name THREE of them!
What is SEVEN countries. Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El, Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
100
What are the largest and smallest islands in the West Indies?
Smallest-Anguilla Largest-Cuba
100
What important landmark is found on the isthmus of Panama?
What is the Panama Canal
100
What country in CENTRAL AMERICA is the MOST populated and the LEAST populated?
MOST-Guatemala LEAST-Belize
200
A group of islands
What is an archipelago
200
How has Central America grown to have such rich, fertile soil?
Volcanic material has broken down over the years.
200
What are the most important economic activities in the West Indies?
What is farming and tourism
200
What two types of farms do both Central America and the West Indies depend upon?
What are plantations and subsistence farms
200
What is the official language spoken in Central America?
What is Spanish
300
These are farms owned and operated by the government
What is a cooperative
300
What are Central America's most important resources?
What is fertile soil and rain forests
300
What is the only country that practices communism?
What is Cuba
300
Why are Central America's dense rain forests so valuable? Be specific.
1. Valuable Woods such as mahogany, balsa, and teak. Researchers use plants and trees for medicines.
300
By what year did most Central American countries gain independence?
What is 1821
400
This is a mineral used to make aluminum
What is bauxite
400
What types of crops do Central American subsistence farmers grow? Name at least two of them.
What is corn, beans, rice, and livestock
400
What types of conflicts have left Haiti's economy in ruins?
What are power struggles and civil war
400
What two countries in Central America have developed industries?
What are Guatemala and Costa Rica
400
What four nations founded colonies on many of the islands in the West Indies?
What are Spanish, English, French, and Dutch
500
Guatemalans who speak Spanish and follow European ways.
What is a Ladino
500
Who did the Spanish force to work on plantations when they took over the Central American region?
Who are the Native Americans
500
The West Indian economy is largely based on farming. How many crops do these island communities usually grow?
What is ONE
500
Who helped Panama gain independence from Colombia in 1903?
What is the United States
500
When the sugar economy plummeted in the West Indies, where did the plantation owners, who still needed workers, bring them from?
What is Asia
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