Central America and the Caribbean Islands

Central America is an ______________________, or a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas.

• peninsula

• continent

• isthmus

The country on the northern border of Central America is ______________________.

• mexico

• Canada

• the United States

The country on the southern border of Central America is ______________________.

• Brazil

• Venezuela

• Columbia

The body of water on the west side of Central America is ______________________. 

• th Atlantic Ocean

• the Pacific Ocean

• the Caribbean Sea

The body of water on the east side of Central America is ______________________. 

• the Atlantic Ocean

• the Pacific Ocean

• the Caribbean Sea

The Caribbean islands make up a(n) _______________________, or a large group of islands.

• isthmus

• archipelago

• peninsula

The four large islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico make up the ________________________.

• Lesser Antilles

• Greater Antilles

• Archipelago

Many small Caribbean islands form the _______________________.

• Greater Antilles

• Lesser Antilles

• Archipelago

The climate of Central America and the Caribbean Islands is generally ________________________________.

• warm and wet

• cool in the winter

• sunny and warm

A _______________________ is a moist, high-elevation tropical forest where clouds are common.

• borreal forest

• tropical rainforest

• cloud forest