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Central America
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Climate Graph
100
The capital of Cuba is ________
What is Havana
100
The _________ provides a link between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What is Panama Canal
100
What is the official language in most Central American countries?
What is Spanish
100
Most Caribbean Indians died from...
What is disease
100
There are many volcanoes and earthquakes in Central America and the Caribbean because they are located where different ______________ meet.
What is tectonic plates
100
This country is number 11 on the map.
What is the United States?
100
This body of water is number 1 on the map.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
100
These represent the precipitation on the climate graph.
What are blue bars?
200
The __________ include many tiny islands and stretch from the Virgin Islands to Trinidad and Tobago.
What is Lesser Antilles
200
__________ boosts the economies of many Central American and Caribbean countries as people travel to the region to explore its natural beauty.
What is ecotourism
200
This is the most commonly practiced religion in Central America
What is Catholic
200
The people of Puerto Rico are US __________.
What is citizens
200
___________ is the largest island in the Caribbean Sea.
What is Cuba
200
This island group is number 5 on the map.
This island group is number
What is the Lesser Antilles?
200
This country is number 7 on the map
What is Mexico?
200
This month has the highest average precipitation in Kingston, Jamaica.
What is October?
300
The large Caribbean Islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico are all a part of the __________.
What is Greater Antilles
300
Many of the countries of Central America are trying to rebuild following ___________ in the late 1900's.
What is civil wars
300
Central America is located on an __________ that links North and South America.
What is isthmus
300
Creole is an example of a _________, or regional variety of a language that is spoken in the Caribbean Islands.
What is dialect
300
In the mountains of Central America, a __________ may be found in the higher elevations.
What is cloud forest
300
This continent is number 8 on the map.
What is South America?
300
This island group is number 9 on the map.
What is the Greater Antilles?
300
This month has the lowest average temperature
in Kingston, Jamaica?
What is February?
400
The Bahamas is one of the three __________ that make up the Caribbean Islands.
What is archipelagoes
400
__________ come to the US from many Caribbean countries, such as Cuba and Haiti, in the hopes of finding more freedoms and economic opportunities.
What is refugees
400
Which Central American country has a history of peace and stability?
What is Costa Rica
400
Ideas of independence in the countries of Central America and the Caribbean were sparked by a slave revolt in...
What is Haiti
400
Central America is made up of _________ different countries.
What is seven
400
This body of water is number 10 on the map.
What is the Caribbean Sea?
400
This body of water is number 6 on the map.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
400
This is the reason that temperatures don't change much throughout the year in Kingston, Jamaica.
What is it is close to the equator?
500
Most of the farms in Cuba operate as _________ that are owned by the government.
What is cooperatives
500
Puerto Rico is a __________ of the United States.
What is commonwealth
500
Why is the culture of Belize so different from the other countries of Central America?
What is it was a colony of Great Britain
500
Which two countries share the island of Hispaniola?
What is Haiti and the Dominican Republic
500
Hurricane season in the Caribbean islands typically lasts from June through __________.
What is November
500
This island group is number 2 on the map.
What is the Bahamas?
500
This region is number 4 on the map.
What is Central America?
500
This is the amount of rain that they get in Kingston, Jamaica in their warmest month.
What is 45 - 55 mm?