Water You Talking About?
An artificial waterway built for transportation, irrigation, or drainage
What is a canal?
A large marine cavern or sinkhole found in the banks or within an atoll that is open to the surface and filled with water
What is a "blue hole"?
A narrow piece of land, like the country of Panama, connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water that otherwise separates them
What is an isthmus?
At one point in their histories, each of the countries we studied (Belize, El Salvador, Panama, and Nicaragua) were settled/colonized by this European power
What is Spain?
A recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger, main body of water
What is a bay?
A grouping of native tree species in a given area that haven't been impacted by human activity
What is "primary forest"?
A large depression left after the eruption of a magma chamber
What is a caldera?
This was the oligarchical group in El Salvador that largely ran the country after achieving independence
Who were the Fourteen Families?
Fixed chambers that can be filled/drained of water to achieve an intended water level between two bodies of water
What is a lock?
Agricultural practice of cutting down crop remnants, letting them dry, and then setting them on fire to return nutrients to the soil
What is "slash-and-burn"?
The process of restoring trees to areas where they have been lost
What is reforestation?
Term given to colonies of the Spanish empire that ran their own domestic affairs like collecting taxes, managing the treasury, and growing agricultural proficieny
What is an intendancy?
Body of water that forms inside a caldera
What is a crater lake?
Term for animals that can survive and inhabit both fresh and salt water
What is "diadromous species"?
The process of losing trees/forests as they are cleared for other land uses
What is deforestation?
This culture utilized irrigated and ridged-field agriculture, were skilled pottery makers, and had heavily developed art styles and mathematic systems
Who were the Maya?
A body of water that forms after tectonic activity pulls apart two plates, creating a deep valley that fills with water
What is a rift lake?
Type of housing built with a wooden lattice overlaid with soil, ash, and plant material including a thatched, palm leaf roof
What is "wattle and daub"?
Rio Lempa is an example of this type of river that is shared by El Salvador, Guatamela, and Honduras
What is a transboundary river?
The longest river in Central America, located in Nicaragua
What is the Rio Coco (or Coco River)?