Vocab
Strip of land with water on both sides that connects two larger bodies of land.
Isthmus
What popular religion combines Catholic and West African beliefs
Santeria
Central America separates the Atlantic Ocean From what?
Pacific Ocean
Who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe, arriving in the Bahamas?
Christopher Columbus
90 percent of the people in the Caribbean are what religion
Roman Catholics
Human-made trade route between the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean?
Panama Canal
System in which goods and services are traded between countries without government restrictions such as tariffs
Free Trade
What is the most active volcano in Guatemala
Volcano De Fuego
1821
What country has not removed their dictators?
Costa Rica, Cuba, Spanish, America
Cuba
Intense storms that form over the tropical Atlantic Ocean.
Hurricanes
Governments controlled by a single leader
Dictatorhsips
In Jamaica, bauxite is mined for making?
Aluminum
What enslaved man led the rebellion
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Poor farmers can sometimes get small loans called what?
Microcredit
Business of providing food, places to stay and other services to visitors from other places.
Tourism
Spanish Landowners or huge farms and ranches are called?
Haciendas
Who has lost the greatest percentage of its forest of any country in the region?
Belize, Haiti, Honduras, Miskito
Haiti
Who led a communist revolution in Cuba, taking power in 1959
Fidel Castro
What is one way the regions countries work to improve their economies
Free Trade
What American Indian people began settling in what is now Guatemala?
Maya
Legal System to control American Indians in the Spanish colonies
Encomienda
What are the warm east winds called that bring rain to the region?
Trade Winds
Who developed a highly accurate calendar and a system of writing that used symbols
Mayas
Does Free Trade effect farming? T or F