Maps
Vocabulary
The Mainland
The Greater Antilles
The Lesser Antilles and Bahamas
100
This county has an isthmus.
What is Panama
100
This is the name for the circle of volcanoes that surround the Pacific Ocean
What is the Ring of Fire
100
Most people in Central America live in this region
What is the highlands
100
This is the number of islands in the Greater Antilles
What is 4
100
This severe weather can hit the Lesser Antilles
What is a hurricane
200
This is the name of the sea created by the Greater Antilles
What is the Caribbean Sea
200
There is a narrow one of these, the Panama Canal was build on it (think hourglass)
What is an isthmus
200
There is a chain of these that run through much of Central America in the Ring of Fire (not volcanoes)
What are mountain ranges.
200
This is the largest island in the Greater Antilles
What is Cuba
200
The trade winds help keep this time of climate all year round
What is mild.
300
The mainland of Central America divides these two bodies of water.
What is the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean
300
Of the 700 islands in the Bahamas, many are these, made of sand and limestone
What are cays
300
After the Panama Canal was built, it saved lots of these two things
What is time and money
300
The Greater Antilles divide these two bodies of water
What is Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea
300
This can be difficult to do in the Bahamas
What is farm
400
These are the three island groups in the Caribbean
What is the Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles and The Bahamas
400
This is the name for a chain of islands
What is an archipelago
400
These are the two main crops in Central America
What are coffee and bananas
400
This island is actually a territory
What is Puerto Rico
400
The trade winds blow _________________ toward _________
What is northeast / the equator
500
These two countries border Mexico
What is Belize and Guatemala
500
This term creates the main difference between the Windward and Leeward islands.
What are the Trade Winds
500
This is the northernmost mainland country.
What is Belize
500
Name this island
What is Hispanola
500
These island in the Lesser Antilles get hit hard by strong winds
What are the Windward Islands
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