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Vocabulary
Physical Features
Central America
Caribbean Islands
Wild Card
100
Define isthmus.
What is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas?
100
The two bodies of water that separate the Caribbean Islands.
What is Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea?
100
The country that controlled most of the region in the 1500s.
What is Spain?
100
The number of countries in the Caribbean.
What is 13?
100
The purpose of the Panama Canal.
What is to connect the Caribbean Sea, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
200
Define archipelago.
What is a large group of islands?
200
Two examples of islands that belong to the Greater Antilles.
What is Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Haiti?
200
The languages spoken in the region.
What is Spanish, French, English?
200
A country that is a commonwealth of the U.S.
What is Puerto Rico?
200
The country that controlled the Panama Canal before Panama. The year that Panama finally gained control.
What is U.S.A. and 1999 Panama gained control?
300
Define civil war.
What is a conflict between two or more groups within a country?
300
The cause of earthquakes and volcanoes in Central America and the Caribbean.
What is the movement of tectonic plates?
300
The countries that have fought in a civil war.
What is Nicaragua and El Salvador?
300
The poorest country in the Americas.
What is Haiti?
300
Describe Cuba's government.
What is Communist? The government runs the economy, the newspapers, and television.
400
Define dialect.
What is regional variety of a language? Example: French Creole
400
The two factors that make this region a good place to grow crops.
What is rich volcanic soil and warm climate?
400
The most peaceful country in Central America, does not have an army.
What is Costa Rica?
400
Most of the islands of the Caribbean rely on _________ for their income.
What is tourism?
400
Define cooperative.
What is organization owned by its members and operated for their benefit?
500
Define refugee.
What is someone who flees to another country, usually for political or economic reasons?
500
The general location of cloud forests.
What is mountainous areas?
500
Name two countries that use ecotourism to support their economy.
What is Belize and Costa Rica?
500
Dishonest governments have caused violence, which many Haitians have tried to escape by becoming ___________.
What are refugees?
500
Define commonwealth.
What is self-governing territory associated with another country?