Central America and the Caribbean Islands Review

Match the following

• encomienda

• a legal system to control Native Americans in the

  Spanish colonies

• Carnival

• a narrow strip of

    land between two

    larger land areas

    surrounded by water

• hurricane

• a religious festival in late winter primarily

    observed by Roman Catholics

• isthmus

• major natural disaster with

    high winds, floods, and structural damage

• tourists

• people go to other countries for

    a visit or vacation

There are mountains and volcanoes in

Central America?

• True

• False

The Caribbean is located ____ of Central

America.

The Panama Canal connects which two bodies of water?

• Lake Ontario and

    Lake Huron

• Pacific Ocean and

    the Caribbean Sea

• Atlantic Ocean and

    the Dead Sea

• Fremont Lake and

    Platte River

Match the following

• communist

• a major canal built by the United States was built in this country

• Panama

• a small loan provided for farmers

• microcredit

• What is a variety of living things?

• deforestation

• cutting down the forests to use the land for other purposes

• biodiversity

• Cuba has this kind of governmnet

Central America has many descendants of what

  ancient civilization?

• Aztec

• English

• Maya

• Inca

Most of the people of Central America speak

  what language?

• British

• English

• Caribbean

• Spanish

Central America is located close to the equator.

  What type of climate do they have there?

• warm and humid

• foggy and cool

• they have no climate

• freezing cold

Number 22 represents which country?

• Haiti

• Cuba

• Guatamala

• Mexico

Number 7 represents which country?

• Costa Rica

• Nicaragua

• Panama

• Bahamas