Section 1 & 2
Which region, which includes Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, is the southern portion of North America?
Central America
What resources are significantly limited; Central America and the Caribbean islands must rely on these imports, limiting their development opportunities?
Energy
Which country in Central America has the smallest population?
Belize
what did Christopher Columbus call the Caribbean islands because he thought he had reached the indies, or the islands near India?
West Indies
what is the name of the dish, in Barbados, which is made of pigs' tails, ears, and snouts.
Souse
What is the name of a thin strip of land that joins two larger land areas?
Isthmus
Who built vast cities with pyramids and temples in various Central American countries around AD 250 and abandoned most of them around 900, although the ruins of several ancient cities may still be found in the region today?
Maya
What is the term for the practice of leveraging an area's natural surroundings to attract tourists?
Ecotourism
what are the 4 different nationalities that were interested in the smaller Caribbean islands.
English, French, Dutch, and Danish
what is a self-governed territory associated with another country.for example Puerto Rico is one of these for the U.S.
Commonwealth
What is the name of the hundreds of islands that lay across the Caribbean Sea from Central America?
Caribbean Islands
Which year did the Spanish colonies of Central America declare their independence from Spain?
1821
What is the name of a mountainous country whose people live primarily in mountain valleys and near the northern coast?
Honduras
who led the slave revolt that eventually helped Haiti win the independence from France in 1804.
Toussaint-L’Ouverture
what is Haiti's capital and is in the center of the nation's limited industry.
Portau-Prince
What is the definition of a vast collection of islands?
Archipelago
The Spanish colonies of Central America declared independence from Spain, but much of the territory stayed united, known as what?
United Provinces of Central America
What is the term used to describe a dispute between two or more groups within a country?
Civil War
this country occupies the western part of Hispaniola and in this island coffee and sugarcane are this country main export.this country also gained independence from franc from the help from the slave revolt in 1804 which also came with the freedom for the slaves of this country.this country is also the poorest country in the America's and because of the many political reason many people of this country became political refugees.in this country a earthquake destroyed this country leaving many homeless,dead,and injured and still people are trying to rebuild from this tragedy.
Haiti
what is someone who flees to another country, usually because of a political. reasoning.
Refugee
What do the four main islands of Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Cuba make up?
Greater Antilles
Around which years did Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala separate?
1838 to 1839
Which people's country has been working to rebuild itself since the conclusion of the conflict in 1992, with one advantage being the country's fertile soil, which allows them to grow and export commodities such as coffee and sugarcane?
El Salvador
in the mid-1800s this country gained independence and occupies the eastern part of Hispaniola.This country is not rich but it's economy, heath care, education, and housing is better than Haiti.Agriculture is the basis of the economy of this country. Its tourism has also grown over the years because of the popular beach resorts near the coast.
Dominican Republic
when did a horrible Earth Quake's quake hit Haiti so hard it left, 230,000 dead, 300,000 injured, and over a million homeless.Today, people still are recovering from this tragedy.
January, 12, 2010
What are the various smaller islands in the Caribbean made of?
Lesser Antilles
Panama remained a part of Colombia until which year?
1903
Which South American country has been rebuilding since the end of a civil war, which concluded in 1990 and is now democratic?
Nicaragua
which country won Cuba from Spain but Cuba gained independence in 1902. in this country wages are lower and unemployment is higher on the islands than in this country causing more people to go to this country for better paid jobs.This country has became Refugees from the Caribbeans target for Cuba and Haiti.
United States
what is the name of Dominican Republic capital which was the first permanent European settlement in the Western Hemisphere.
Santo Domingo
What is the name of an island group in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Florida that includes nearly 700 islands and thousands of reefs?
Bahamas
What year did Belize win independence from Britain?
1981
Which South American country has a history of peace, a stable democratic administration, and no army?
Costa Rica
which country did the US win from Spain but lost the country after it gained independence in 1902.this country is also the most populous country in the Caribbeans and has been ran by a communist government causing banks. large sugarcane plantations, and other businesses that were owned by U.S. companies.this caused the US banned trade with this country and restrict travel there by U.S. citizens.other than controlling the economy, the government also controls their newspapers, television, and radio stations.while most of this countries people support all of this some oppose it and most people who oppose this become refugee for the U.S.
Cuba
what is the name of the capital of Cuba which is the largest and most important city of the country.
Havana
Many Caribbean islands are actually the summits of underwater mountains and volcanoes, whilst others originated as coral reefs that were progressively pushed up to form flat limestone islands. What has pushed this region's land up out of the sea over millions of years?
Colliding Tectonic Plates
In the early to mid-1900s, which American business controlled the majority of Central American banana production?
United Fruit Company
What is the name of the structure that connects the Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Atlantic Ocean? The United States completed its construction in 1914, and it has long played a vital role in the region's economics and politics.
Panama Canal
what kind of language does Haitians speak other
French Creole
who turned Cuba's government into communist while in power in 1959.
Fidel Castro
What is the name of a moist, high-elevation tropical forest characterized by low clouds?
Cloud Forest
What is the name of Central America's chocolate source?
Cacao
what did Christopher Columbus discover in 1492.
America
what is a regional variety of a languages that a certain country speaks.
Dialect
what is an organization owned by its members and operated for their mutual benefit.
Cooperative
What is the name of a tropical storm that brings powerful winds, heavy rain, and high seas, often occurring between June and November? Their winds and flooding can wreak devastation and loss of lives.
Hurricanes
Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua signed an agreement with the United States in 2005 to enhance trade between the countries known as what?
Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)
what is the amount of independent countries in the Caribbean islands?
13
what is a example of a blend o religions because of the many nationalities in the Caribbeans.
SanterÃa
A number of Caribbean are not sovereign.what title do they represent for other countries?
Territories
Which industry in the region may be profitable where volcanic ash has enriched the soil; coffee, bananas, sugarcane, and cotton thrive and are key crops.
Agriculture
Which Central American country has the largest population, with almost 13 million people?
Guatemala
where did Christopher Columbus sail from to go the the Caribbean Sea in 1492.
Spain
what is the name of the holiday that is one of the biggest and most widespread celebration.the holiday is a time of feast and celebration before lent begins and is usually celebrated with big parades and fancy costumes.this festival often includes great music.
Carnival
what is the smallest country that is not even a tenth of Rhode island, which is the smallest state in the U.S.
Saint Kitts and Nevis