Central America
To transport goods, many Central American Countries depend on this canal.
Panama Canal
In 1952, Puerto Rico became a commonwealth of this nation.
United States
The independence movement in Venezuela was led by this person.
Simon Bolivar
Spanish colonists replaced the forced labor of the Tiano with enslaved people from this continent.
Africa
The relationship between actual distance and distance shown on a map is called this.
Scale
In Central American nations. most service industries are located here.
In the large capital city
A place governed by or closely connected with a country that is not officially a part of.
dependency
Venezuela's economy depends on this product.
Oil
People who are native to a region are called this.
indigenous
A person who makes maps is called this.
Cartographer
This is the only Central American country whose official language is English.
Belize
A country that depends on a single crop for most of its income has this type of economy.
One-crop economy
Bolivia's three official languages are Quechua, Aymara and this language.
Spanish
Leaders with complete control over their governments are called this.
A dictator
Imaginary parallel lines that run east and west around the earth and measure distance N and S of the equator is
Latitude
A person with mixed European and Native American ancestry.
mestizo
The Indian group in the Caribbean Islands.
Taino
Name the four countries in the Southern Cone.
Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay
Farming that produces just enough to feed the farmer's family, with little or nothing left over to sell.
subsistence farming
The kind of weather a place has over time
Climate
Travel to a natural habitat in a what that does not damage that habitat.
Ecotourism
An industry that provides services for travelers.
Tourism
Most of Argentina's manufacturing occurs in factories in and around this city.
Buenos Aires
A type of government in which the Communist Party holds all political power and controls the economy.
Communism
Zero degrees longitude is the_____________and Zero degrees latitude is the ________________.
Prime Meridian
Equator