Geography Central America and Caribbean

Question 1

___________ and Nevis are 1/10 the size of Rhode Island

Answer 1

Saint Kitts

Question 2

First european settlement in the western hemisphere

Answer 2

Capital of Santo Domingo

Question 3

TRUE OR FALSE: no one represents the territory of puerto rico

Answer 3

TRUE

Question 4

Puerto Ricans are US citizens but they don’t have __________ in congress

Answer 4

voting representation

Question 5

Slave Revolt by Tourissiant-L’Ouverture helped _____ win its independence from France in 1804

Answer 5

Haiti

Question 6

Largest sugarcane plantations

Answer 6

Spain

Question 7

Columbus landed where in 1492

Answer 7

Caribbean Islands

Question 8

US controlled the canal until ____

Answer 8

1999

Question 9

Panama Canal is a link between what two oceans

Answer 9

pacific and atlantic oceans

Question 10

Due to US intervention, Nicaragua is now a _________

Answer 10

democracy

Question 11

the practice of using an area’s natural environment to attract tourists.

Answer 11

Ecotourism

Question 12

_____ which grows well in the cool highlands is the most important cash crop

Answer 12

coffee

Question 13

_____ is spoken in Belize

Answer 13

English

Question 14

_______ is the main language spoken in most countries.

Answer 14

Spanish

Question 15

Most of the people are mestizos. Various people are descendants of the ______

Answer 15

mayans

Question 16

Belize was the only owned by __________, all the others owned by spain

Answer 16

Great Britain

Question 17

__________ indians worked on plantations and in mines along with enslaved indians

Answer 17

Central American indians

Question 18

In the 1500s Spain controlled most of the region. _______ claimed what is now Belize and occupied much of Nicaragua’s coast

Answer 18

Britain

Question 19

Mayan Civilization 250-900 AD. Mayan culture still influences in what 2 countries

Answer 19

Guatemala and Belize

Question 20

__________ has enriched the soil and made it perfect for growing coffee, bananas, sugar cane, and cotton

Answer 20

Volcanic Ash

Question 21

Temperatures mostly stay the same throughout seasons, seasons are marked by ________ (rainy summers, dry winters)

Answer 21

Rainfall

Question 22

southeast of Florida

Answer 22

Bahamas

Question 23

Stretch from the virgin islands to Trinidad

Answer 23

Lesser Antilles

Question 24

Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico

Answer 24

Greater Antilles

Question 25

large group of island

Answer 25

Archipelago

Question 26

narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas

Answer 26

Isthmus