Ch. 5 Central America and the Caribbean - Geo and History

chain of islands

• provinces

• archipelago

• isthmus

• fertile

extremely important

• critical

• fertile

• exploited

• seismic

crops for profit

• cash crop

• scarcity

• poachers

• dictator

a narrow strip connecting two larger land areas

• isthmus

• archipelago

• fertile

• deforestation

the travel industry

• deforestation

• provinces

• tourism

• ecosystem

What are the 3 areas that make up the Triangular Trade?

List the 3 main landforms in Central America.

• plains, mountains, basins

• Coastal plains, mountains, basins

• coastal plains, mountains, rain forests

• plains, rain forests, basins

List the 2 most valuable economic activities in the Central America and Caribbean region.

• tourism, fishing

• tourism, agriculture

• fishing, agriculture

• fishing, logging

governors who represented the Spanish king and queen

• presidents

• viceroys

• captains

• prime ministers

Why did the Caribbean countries want independence?

• They wanted to control their lands and resources

• Slaves wanted to return to Africa

• Slaves wanted to send all Europeans back to Europe

• They wanted to control the Europeans.