10.1 and 10.2 Vocab
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas
What is an isthmus?
They pushed this region’s land out of the water over several million years
What are tectonic plates?
Ancient civilization that survived in Central America around 250 AD
Where Christopher Columbus thought he landed
Where is India?
The capital of Cuba
What is Havana?
A large group of islands
What is an archipelago?
What is rainfall?
Country that claimed most of Central America
What is Spain
People from this country are U.S. citizens, but they do not have voting rights
What is Puerto Rico?
A regional variety of a language
What is a dialect?
A conflict between two or more groups within a country
What is a civil war?
Many Caribbean islands are actually the top of
What are underwater mountains?
Company that controlled most of the banana production in Central America
What is the United Fruit Company?
The type of government that Cuba has
What is Communist?
Someone who flees to another country, usually for political or economic reasons
What is a refugee?
Provides a link between the Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean
What is the Panama Canal?
Has enriched the soil in Central America, making agriculture profitable
What is volcanic ash?
The source of chocolate
Cacao
Cuba's government controls the economy and these media sources
What are newspapers, television, and radio stations
A self-governing territory associated with another country
What is a commonwealth?
The four large islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico
What is the greater antilles?
Replaced much of the vegetation on the Pacific coast of Central America
What are plantations
The most populated country in Central America
What is Guatemala?
Leader of the slave revolt that resulted in Haiti's independence
Who is Toussaint Louverture?
The movement of people, animals, plants, ideas, and diseases between Europe and the Americas
What is the Columbian Exchange?