Central American People, Living and Working

Multiple Choice

Who were the first people to settle in Central America?

• Natives

• Africans

• Spanish

• Dutch

Fill in the Blank

Ladino is a word used in Central America for a Central American who follows _________________. (Spelling counts.)

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The Cuna of Panama have protected their culture by ​making their homeland into a(n) ​

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wilderness area and wildlife refuge

Indian reservation

a farming zone

walled-off and protected area

drugstore

pharmacy

Multiple Select

Why do Central American governments want farmers to grow more than one or two crops?

• because weather might destroy crops

• because disease might destroy crops

• because there would be an economic disaster if there were no other crops

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Coffee and bananas are grown on ​

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because ​

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cannot afford to plant coffee trees, which takes years to pr​oduce beans, or to ​

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and clear new land for planting bananas.

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large estates

small farmers

build roads

haciendas

pick crops

large buildings

latinos

Natives

Multiple Choice

How did coffee growers get so much land?

• They used profits from coffee to buy land from poor farmers.

• They forced the poor farmers off their land.

• They enslaved the poor farmers to work the land.

• They co-own the large estates with the poor farmers.

Multiple Select

What are examples of new industries in Central America?

• manufacturing paper

• building furniture

• technology advancements

• food processing

Why is it important to diversify an economy?

Draw

Write one word to describe the AI-generated art in this lesson.