Chapter 8 - Central America/Caribbean

Question 1

narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas

Answer 1

isthmus

Question 2

a group or chain of islands

Answer 2

archipelago

Question 3

biological diversity in an environment as indicated by numbers of different species of plants and animals

Answer 3

biodiversity

Question 4

What continent is Central America part of?

Answer 4

North America

Question 5

Which mountain range is an extension of the Sierra Madre Oriental>

Answer 5

Central Highlands

Question 6

a chain of volcanoes along the pacific coast from Guatemala to North Panama

Answer 6

Volcanic Axis

Question 7

Central America’s largest freshwater lake

Answer 7

Lake Nicaragua

Question 8

only lake in the world that contains oceanic life

Answer 8

Lake Nicaragua

Question 9

one of the world’s most important human made waterway

Answer 9

Panama Canal

Question 10

allows ships to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific without having to go around S. America

Answer 10

Panama Canal

Question 11

generates hydroelectricity in El Salvador

Answer 11

Lempa River

Question 12

local form of a language used in a particular place or by a certain group

Answer 12

dialect

Question 13

a dialect used in everyday speech that blends elements of several languages

Answer 13

patois

Question 14

family ruled by a woman such as a mother, grandmother, or aunt

Answer 14

matriarchal

Question 15

large agricultural estates owned by families or corporations

Answer 15

latifundia

Question 16

small farms that produce food chiefly for family use

Answer 16

minifundia

Question 17

founded the region’s first permanent European settlement on the island of Hispaniola

Answer 17

Spain

Question 18

2 countries that make up Hispaniola

Answer 18

Haiti and Dominican Republic

Question 19

the only non Spanish colony in Central America (present day)

Answer 19

Belize (British Honduras)

Question 20

led a revolt of enslaved Africans in Haiti

Answer 20

Francois Toussaint - Louverture

Question 21

won its independence from France

Answer 21

Haiti

Question 22

won its independence from Colombia

Answer 22

Panama

Question 23

60% of the population in Central America are ____

Answer 23

mestizo

Question 24

most countries have a single primate city that is usually the _______

Answer 24

capital

Question 25

Central America’s most densely populated country

Answer 25

El Salvador

Question 26

the primary language in most Central American countries

Answer 26

Spanish

Question 27

80% of the people in the Central America are of what religion?

Answer 27

Roman Catholic

Question 28

In the Caribbean, the Roman Catholic population is high in areas that speak _____

Answer 28

Spanish and French

Question 29

What religion is common where English is spoken?

Answer 29

Protestant

Question 30

In the Caribbean, the family structure is often _____

Answer 30

matriarchal