Physical Geography
Resources & Economy
Culture & Society
Challenges & Development
Map
100
This landform connects the continents of North and South America.
What is an isthmus
100
These two natural resources are among Mexico’s most important.
What are oil and natural gas?
100
This language is spoken in every Central American country except Belize.
What is Spanish
100
Mexico’s largest trading partner is this country to the north.
What is the United States
100
Country number 6 on the map is...
What is Belieze
200
This highland region forms the heartland of Mexico.
What is the Central Plateau
200
This mineral is the main ore used to produce aluminum.
What is bauxite
200
Puerto Rico is a commonwealth belonging to this country.
What is the United States
200
Central American economies historically relied heavily on these crops grown for sale.
What are cash crops
200
Number 2 on this map is....
What is Honduras
300
Mexico and Central America lie along this volcanic zone around the Pacific Ocean
What is the Ring of Fire
300
This type of farming grows just enough food for a farmer’s family to survive.
What is subsistence farming?
300
Hispaniola is the island shared by which two countries?
What is Haiti and The Dominican Republic
300
Mexico City has severe air pollution partly because the city sits in this type of landform.
What is a high elevation
300
Circled in green on this map is the....
What is the Bahamas
400
What crops are grown in the Tierra Templada? (2 or 3 out of 4).
Coffee, corn, wheat, and beans.
400
Mexico has developed this industry greatly in recent decades, producing goods in factories.
What is manufacturing
400
This Caribbean nation has struggled economically after decades of communism.
What is Cuba
400
Many Central American countries struggle economically because of large amounts of this owed money.
What is debt
400
Country number 5 
What is Puerto Rico
500
List 3 of the 4 vertical climate zones in English AND Spanish
What is tierra caliente-Hot land, tierra fría-cold land, Tierra Templada-Temperate Land, Tierra Helada- Frozen Land
500
Money sent home by workers living in another country is called this.
What is a remittance
500
This Caribbean country is considered one of the poorest in the world.
What is Haiti
500
Rapid increases in the number of people in a country is called this.
What is population growth
500
Countries 3 and 4 are which countries respectfully, and collectively what are they called?
What is Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Hispaniola?