Central and South America Geographic Features and locations

What Caribbean island is circled? This is not an independent country- it is a self-governing territory, or commonwealth, of the United States.

• Jamaica

• Bahamas

• Puerto Rico

• Panama

Which industry benefits from the favorable climate conditions of the Caribbean Sea?

• Banking
• Shipbuilding
• Telecommunications
• Tourism

Which of the following best explains why most of Central America’s population lives in rural areas?

• Living in cities increases the chance of surviving hurricanes.
• Farming is the primary economic activity in the region.
• Shortages in housing are common in the cities of the region.
• Clearing forests has promoted migration away from urban areas.

Identify This Landform In The Red Box.

• Yucatan Peninsula

• Pampus

• Panama Canal

• Andes Mountains

What landform is this?

• The Mexican Plateau

• The Great Plains

• The Canadian Shied

• Baja California / The Baja Peninsula

A manmade waterway that allows boats to travel a short distance from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific

• Amazon River

• Sierra Madre Mountains

• Lake Maracaibo

• Panama Canal

Prior to 1903, which country owned the land of Panama?

• United States
• Panama
• Mexico
• Colombia

Who was the dictator of Cuba?

• Fidel Castro
• Christopher Columbus 
• Native Americans 
• Ms. Spencer

An isthmus is:

• wide section of land 
• an island
• narrow strip of land between 2 larger land areas surrounded by water
• a Mayan holiday

The region of Central America is unstable and has lots of earthquakes because:

• it is underwater
• It is made up of ancient rocks
• it lies right on the equator
• the plates beneath the surface shift often