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Location
History
Physical Features
Cultures
Economy
100
Columbia
What is the country that borders Central America in South America
100
haciendas
What are large farms in Central America that were created by the Spanish.
100
atolls
What are nonvolcanic islands forms by coral, often in the shape of a ring?
100
mulattos
What are people of African and European ancestors?
100
subsistence farming
What most people in Central American live by.
200
Greater Antilles
What is the group of islands in the east of the Caribbean (Cuba, Peurto Rico, Haiti/Domincan Republic, Jamaica)
200
cash crop
What is a crop grown on a plantation to be sold
200
Rimland
What are islands and coastal plains at the edge of a region?
200
creole
What is a language that is a mix of French and African languages?
200
Serious Problem in Central America
What is the destruction of the rain forests
300
Bahamas
What group of islands are not in the tropics
300
plantations
What is a large farm that uses slaves from Africa to do the work
300
Hurricanes
What are storms that happen in Caribbean in August - September?
300
voodoo
What is a religion that believes in the power of good and evil spirits
300
cash crop
What is a crop grown to be sold?
400
Two subregions
What are the mainland and the rimland
400
European Influences
What is French, Spanish, and English
400
Mountains
What is one of the most important physical features of the land?
400
Language, Music, Religion
What is cultural blending
400
Good weather
What is a major resource of the Caribbean islands?
500
archipelago
What is a chain of islands
500
El Salvador, Guatamala, Honduras
What countries have had civil wars
500
volcanoes
What formed the Caribbean?
500
Bob Marley
Who is a famous Reggae singer from Jamaica
500
Tourism
What is an important industry in the Caribbean?