U9 L8 Central America And The Caribbean Islands

Question 1

What bodies of water is Central America bordered by?

Answer 1

• Pacific

- Caribbean Sea

Question 2

What are the 3 main landforms Central America is characterized by?

Answer 2

• coastal plains
• lowlands
• mountainous central region

Question 3

What are the 7 nations Central America is comprised of?

Answer 3

• Guatemala
• El Salvador
• Belize
• Panama
• Nicaragua
• Costa Rica
• Honduras

GEB PNCH

Question 4

What Hurricane did Guatemala receive damage from?

Answer 4

Hurricane Mitch

Question 5

What was Belize originally known as?

Answer 5

British Honduras

Question 6

What is the OAS? What does it promote?

Answer 6

• Central America countries (ex Belize, j 1991) and Latin American countries
• Organization of American States
• cooperation among member states

Question 7

Since gaining peace, Belize had territorial disputes with which country?

Answer 7

Guatemala

Question 8

What does El Salvador mean in Spanish? What is it also known as?

Answer 8

• The Savior

- Land of Volcanoes

Question 9

Why is El Salvador unique among the nations of CA?

Answer 9

• smallest CA country

- no Caribbean Sea coastline

Question 10

What is the 2nd largest nation in CA?

Answer 10

Honduras

Question 11

What is the largest and poorest country in CA?

Answer 11

Nicaragua

Question 12

Which family dictatorship ruled Nicaragua? And then who overthrew them?

Answer 12

• Somoza

- Sandinista guerrillas

Question 13

What did Spanish explorers name Costa Rica?

Answer 13

Rich Coast

Question 14

NA is connected to SA by what?

Answer 14

Isthmus of Panama/ Panama Canal

Question 15

Who was the last military strongman, overthrown my Ame invasion in 1989?

Answer 15

Manuel Noriega

Question 16

What are the 3 island groups the Caribbean is divided into?

Answer 16

• Greater Antilles
• Lesser Antilles
• Bahamas

Question 17

Cuba’s government is what?

Answer 17

Authoritarian

Question 18

What are the main religions in Haiti?

Answer 18

• Roman Catholicism

- Voodoo

Question 19

What is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere?

Answer 19

Haiti

Question 20

Haiti was ruled by which family for most of the Cold War era?

Answer 20

Duvalier

Question 21

Who is The Dominican Republic’s current president?

Answer 21

Danilo Medina

Question 22

Jamaica is one of the world’s largest producers of what?

Answer 22

• Bauxite

- alumina

Question 23

What is the economy of the Bahamas dependent on?

Answer 23

tourism

Question 24

Puerto-Rico is a self-governing () of the US

Answer 24

Commonwealth

Question 25

Is Puerto Rico a state?

Answer 25

no

Question 26

Trinidad and Tobago are pairs of islands off of which coast?

Answer 26

Venezuela

Question 27

When was Grenada invaded by the US?

Answer 27

1983

Question 28

Which two countries share the island of Hispaniola?

Answer 28

• Dominican Republic

- Haiti

Question 29

How many mountain ranges does Hispaniola have?

Answer 29

5