What is the name of a fierce storm with strong winds that frequents the Caribbean during the months of June through November each year?
What is a hurricane
100
This form of government favors strong control of the society and economy.
What is communism.
100
What European people conquered most of Central America in the 1500s?
Who are the Spanish.
100
What is the largest island in the West Indies?
What is Cuba.
100
A __________________ is a mineral providing food for plants.
What is a nutrient.
200
Which Central American country has the highest literacy rate, or percentage of people who can read and write?
What is Costa Rica.
200
One of Jamaica's most well-known exports is a style of music that combines American pop music with African rhythms. Bob Marley is the most famous performer of what kind of music?
What is reggae.
200
Who were the indigenous group of people conquered by the Spanish in Central America near the Yucatan Peninsula?
Who are the Maya.
200
What two bodies of water border Central America?
What is the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
200
What is the name of the mineral used to make aluminum?
What is bauxite.
300
If you don't mind a daily rain shower, you would be happy living in the Caribbean _________________ where you would expect about 100 inches of rainfall each year.
What are Lowlands.
300
Bell-like tones of the steel drum are a part of which kind of music?
What is calypso.
300
What is the term used to describe an overseas settlement?
What is a colony.
300
What is the term used to describe a narrow piece of land connecting two large landmasses?
What is an isthmus.
300
What is the substance found in Central American rainforests that is used to make chewing gum?
What is chicle.
400
What large Central American lake was considered as an alternative to the Panama Canal?
What is Lake Nicaragua.
400
What is the name of a language found in Jamaica that is a mix of English and French?
What is Creole.
400
A __________________ is a partly self-governing territory under American protection. Puerto Rico is an example of this system of government.
What is a commonwealth.
400
What is the term used to describe a group of islands, such as the Lesser Antilles?
What is an archipelago.
400
What two kinds of farms are found in the West Indies?
What are plantation and subsistence farms
500
Many West Indies islands have a farm economy based on only one ____________.
What is a crop.
500
What is an individual who is from Guatemala, speaks Spanish and practices European ways known as?
What is a ladino
500
Who is the current leader of communist Cuba?
Who is Raul Castro (Fidel's younger brother).
500
Which Central American country has the highest mountain peak at 13,845ft?
What is Guatemala.
500
What is the term used to describe Cuban farms that are operated by the government?