Mexico
Settlers from this country had the most wealth in Mexico
Spain
What is the main language in most Central American countries?
Spanish
This person led a revolution in Cuba in 1959
Fidel Castro
This is a period of violent social and political change
Revolution
What is the largest Latin American country?
Mexico
20% of Mexico's population lives in what city?
Mexico City
What is one of the worlds most important waterways that exists in Central America?
The Panama Canal
Which country is a commonwealth of the United States?
Puerto Rico
A large farm where workers produce cash crops
Plantation
Mexico and Central America are bordered to the West by what ocean?
The Pacific Ocean
Why has Mexico's oil production decreased since 2004?
The oil fields are old and starting to run dry
What country in Central America has a different main language that the other countries?
Belize
What land, which is now a country, did Christopher Columbus first sight in 1492?
Bahamas
A Spanish explorer of the early Americas
Conquistador
The Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico are an arm of what ocean?
Atlantic
This person led a small force of Spanish conquistadors to Mexico in 1520
Hernan Cortes
When did Panama take control of the Panama Canal
1965
Why do the Caribbean Islands have so much diversity
Several European countries ruled them as colonies
A volcano that is still capable of erupting but shows no signs of activity
Dormant
What vertical climate zone is known as "cold land"
Tierra Fria
This person led a rebellion in Mexico in 1810
Miguel Hidalgo
On what kind of resource have the countries in Central America depended on?
Cash Crops
The group of islands that includes Trinidad and Tobago is called what?
Lesser Antilles
Money sent back to the homeland by people who have gone somewhere else to work
Remittance
What is one of Mexico's peninsulas?
Baja California or Yucatan