Central America Vocab Flashcards
1
Q
What is the Panama Canal used for?
A
Ships use it to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.
2
Q
Mosquito Coast
A
Coastal region of Nicaragua and Honduras
3
Q
A narrow strip of land that connects 2 larger pieces of land and separates 2 bodies of water
A
Isthmus
4
Q
a chain of islands
A
Archipelago
5
Q
Island in the Caribbean with a communist dictator
A
Cuba
6
Q
an island with both Haiti and the Dominican Republic
A
Hispanolia
7
Q
Widely believed that this is where Christopher Columbus landed when he “discovered” the Americas
A
Bahamas
8
Q
Territory sold to the US in 1916
A
US Virgin Islands
9
Q
Country where reggae music originated
A
Jamaica
10
Q
El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Belize, Panama, Guatemala,
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