Geography
Location
Economics
Environment
Natural Disasters
Foreign Influence
Government
100
The country of the Bahamas is different from other Caribbean island nations in that
What is located farther north.
100
Based on this graph, how might tourism affect people in Antigua and Barbuda differently from people in the other countries shown?
What is the fact that there are more tourists than year-round residents in Antigua and Barbuda.
100
Based on this map, what is most likely Cuba's largest export?
What is crops, like sugar and tobacco
100
What physical environmental process is shown in this photograph?
What is deforestation
100
According to the graphic, Hurricane Ike did most of its damage in what region?
What is Cuba and Haiti
100
Haiti is unique in that it is the only country to gain its independence from what country?
What is France
100
How is Cuba's government different from Costa Rica's?
What is Cuba is a communist dictatorship, Costa Rica is a democracy.
200
A strip of land with water on both sides that connects two larger bodies of land
What is an isthmus
200
This is a positive affect of fewer tourists visiting the Caribbean in future years
What is less overuse of water
200
In Central America, most people living in rural areas earn their livings by
What is farming cash crops or food crops.
200
The missing step to this graph that shows how farming in Central America and the Caribbean can have a negative affect on ocean life is
What is that rains wash pesticides off crops and into rivers, which eventually flow into the ocean
200
The Hurricane Research Division, AOML, determined through their research that there is an 8% chance of experiencing a hurricane during the month of September in Puerto Rico. If you are traveling there for one week in September, it is logical to determine what fact?
What is that it is not very likely that you will experience a hurricane during a brief visit to the Caribbean.
200
How did the Spanish treat native people in the Caribbean, according to de las Casas?
What is that they enslaved both men and women and let most die from overwork and starvation.
200
Fidel Castro became the dictator of what country in 1959?
What is Cuba
300
A good description of Cuba based on the map...
What is that most of the land is close to sea level.
300
What best describes the Maya civilization at its peak?
What is that they developed a sophisticated calendar and a system of writing.
300
What statement describes the economic impact of this trade agreement?
What is the fact that the agreement caused both exports and imports to increase over time.
300
Based on a United Nations report, tourist resorts located in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Saint Kitts, and Nevis "use on average...five to ten times more water than similar residential areas in the Caribbean.” This fact supports what idea?
What is that countries like Saint Kitts should put limits on how much of their fresh water tourists resorts can use.
300
Countries in Central America and the Caribbean have so many earthquakes and active volcanoes because of what?
What is plate movement beneath the surface of the Earth in this region of the world
300
The Caribbean diaspora has affected countries in North America in what way?
What is that it has spread Caribbean cultures to new places
300
By the late 1900s, conflict broke out in Central American nations such as Guatemala and Nicaragua as people fought to overthrow-
What is dictatorships
400
The large island where Sierra Maestra is located
What is Cuba
400
This is a negative affect of fewer tourists visiting the Caribbean in future years
What is less tourist money for local economies
400
The World Fair Trade Organization states that Fair Trade "shows how a successful business can also put people first.” What does this reveal is a major goal of the fair trade practices?
What is improving the wages and working conditions of poor laborers
400
Deforestation has affected Haiti’s economy in what way?
What is that it has led to erosion, making it hard for Haiti to grow enough food.
400
Why do Central America and the Caribbean have a wet, warm climate?
These regions lie very close to the equator, and these areas are also surrounded by large bodies of water. Trade winds bring plentiful rain to the region as well.
400
Political rallies in Panama provide an example of how political change has spread in recent years throughout Central America and the Caribbean in what way?
What is that it shows people supporting their candidate for president in a democracy.
400
This is the name of the revolutionary that led Haiti to its independence from France
Who is Toussaint L'Ouverture
500
These are the reasons Central America and the Caribbean have a wet, warm climate
What is location near the equator, being surrounded by water, and trade winds bringing rain
500
This is how the Panama canal affects world trade
What is connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific Oceans for faster trade
500
What generalization can you make from this data?
What is the fact that in general, the higher the GDP per capita of a country, the longer the life expectancy of its people.
500
“With an emphasis on enriching personal experiences and environmental awareness through interpretation, [it] promotes greater understanding and appreciation for nature, local society, and culture.”—TIES
This quote is a good example of what?
What is ecotourism
500
This is the reason Central America and the Caribbean have so many earthquakes and active volcanoes.
What is the movement of tectonic plates under the earth's surface
500
How did the encomienda system affect native people in the Caribbean?
What is forced native people to work for Spanish colonists.
500
This is the dictator of Cuba that, while limiting political freedoms, succeeded in developing the country's economy
Who is Fulgencio Batista