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WorksheetsCentral America and the Caribbean Review
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
What is the largest and most populated island in the Caribbean?
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Bahamas
Hispaniola
What music combines African rhythms and American popular music?
Salsa
Flaminco
Reggae
Mariachi
What is the official language of most countries in the Caribbean?
English
French
Portuguese
Spanish
What country received help from the U.S. during its independence movement from Columbia?
Costa Rica
Panama
Belize
Guatemala
What is the official language of Belize?
English
French
Portuguese
Spanish
What country in Central America was the last to gain its independence?
Panama
Belize
Costa Rica
Honduras
What shades the floor of the rain forest?
Understory layer
Emergent layer
Canopy Layer
What holiday is celebrated before Lent in Central America?
Easter
Ash Wednesday
Palm Sunday
Carnival
Which of the following is another term for the Caribbean?
West Indies
East Indies
Columbus Islands
Cook Islands
What body of water will you find to the east of Central America?
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
What body of water will you find to the west of Central America?
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
What Group of nearly 700 islands will you find east of Florida?
Lesser Antilles
Greater Antilles
Bahamas
Virgin Islands
What occupies the western side of Hispaniola?
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Cuba
Puerto Rico
What occupies the eastern side of Hispaniola?
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Cuba
Puerto Rico
What country hosts a water passageway connection the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans?
Costa Rica
Honduras
El Salvador
Panama
What term describes a strong government control of the society and the economy?
Captialism
Democracy
Communist State
Republic
What is the Central American country with the smallest population?
Belize
Panama
Guatemala
Honduras
Many of the Caribbean islands were once ruled by Europeans as which of the following?
Provinces
Plantations
Cooperatives
Colonies
The first permanent European settlement in the Western Hemisphere is now known as what city?
San Juan
Port-au-Prince
Santo Domingo
Havana
What are the smaller islands of the southern Caribbean known as?
Lesser Antilles
Bahamas
Greater Antilles
Caribbean lowlands
Which Central American country has one of the highest standards of living in Latin America?
Guatemala
Panama
Costa Rica
El Salvador
What is the ancestry of about 95 percent of the population of Haiti?
Native American
Spanish
Asian
African
Which of the following is NOT part of the Greater Antilles?
Jamaica
Cuba
Grenada
Puerto Rico
What country’s capital is Tegucigalpa?
Belize
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Honduras
Barbados
What term is used for the group of four large islands in the Caribbean Sea?
Bahamas
Greater Antilles
Caribbean lowlands
Lesser Antilles
Where does much of the Central Highland’s fertile soil come from?
Silt from its rivers
Volcanic activity
Limestone
Hurricanes
What is the capital of Belize?
Belmopan
San Jose
Managua
San Salvador
What is the capital of Costa Rica?
Belmopan
San Jose
Managua
San Salvador
What is the capital of Nicaragua?
Belmopan
San Jose
Managua
San Salvador
What is the capital of El Salvador?
Belmopan
San Jose
Managua
San Salvador
What is the capital of the Bahamas?
Nassau
Havana
Kingston
San Juan
What is the capital of the Cuba?
Nassau
Havana
Kingston
San Juan
What is the capital of the Jamaica?
Nassau
Havana
Kingston
San Juan
What is the capital of the Puerto Rico?
Nassau
Havana
Kingston
San Juan
What is the capital of Haiti?
Port-au-Prince
Santo Domingo
What is the capital of the Dominican Republic?
Port-au-Prince
Santo Domingo
