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World Geography Chap 11 Flashcards

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What is the origin of many islands in the Caribbean?

A

Volcanic and tectonic action

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What islands make up the greater Antilles

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Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, & Jamaica

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What are the Greater Antilles?

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The 4 largest islands in the Caribbean ocean

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What was the occupation of most of the early indigenous populations of Central America

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Farmers

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What is the only non-Spanish speaking country in Central America?

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Belize

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Most of the regions Central American Indians now live in what country?

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Guatemala

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Chocolate is produced from beans found in what tree?

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Cacao trees

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Which Central American country has the highest standard of living

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Costa Rica

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Which Greater Antilles island is a commonwealth of the United States?

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Puerto Rico

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Until 1999, the Panama Canal was controlled by whom?

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The United States

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European colonists in the Caribbean were interested in what agricultural product?

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Sugar cane

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What tectonic plates are located on Central America and the Caribbean?

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Cocas plate, Caribbean plate, and North American plate

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What is the dominant climate of Central America and the Caribbean islands?

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Tropical wet & try

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Why do the low islands of the Caribbean have limited water sources?

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Tons of rain falls and sinks into the limestone quickly

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Which country has major deposits of bauxite?

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Jamaica

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Which country introduced the concept of ecotourism to the region?

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Costa Rica

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Which two cities mark the entrance and exit to the Panama Canal

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Colon & Panama City

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What are the important commercial crops in Central America and the Caribbean

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Bananas, coffee, sugar, cotton

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What is the dominant religion in Central America?

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Roman Catholic

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Why did the indigenous population of Central America decline with the arrival of Europeans?

A

The Europeans brought diseases

20
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What is the most dominant ethnic group in panama

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Mestizo

21
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Which European country did not establish sugar plantations in the Caribbean ?

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Spain

22
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The United States took what two Islands from Spain in 1898?

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Cuba and Puerto Rico

23
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More than a third of what country’s population is East Indian?

A

Trinidad and Tobago

24
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What is Papiamento?

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A creo language of Spanish, Dutch, & Portuguese

25
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Where did voodoo originate?

A

Haiti

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What is the most industrialized country in the Caribbean?

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Puerto Rico

27
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Spoke of African and European ancestry

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Mulatto

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Which island in the Caribbean were formed from volcanoes

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Martinique

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Why has damage from hurricanes increased with the increase in population?

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More people = more building and therefore more property gets destroyed

30
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Island containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic

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Hispaniola

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Native

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Indigenous

32
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Trees who’s roots grow in salt water

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Mangrove

33
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Blend of European and African or Caribbean Indian languages

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Creole

34
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Blended version of African religious beliefs and Christianity

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Voodoo

35
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Ore from which aluminum is made

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Bauxite

36
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Form of voodoo that originated in Cuba

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Santeria

37
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Caribbean community and Common market

A

Caricon

38
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What are the main beliefs of voodoo

A

Good and bad spirits

39
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What physical process is responsible for creating many islands that found in the Lesser Antilles?

A

Tectonics

40
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What country built the Panama Canal?

A

The United States

41
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Why has the Panama Canal been an important economic resource?

A

Ships don’t have to sail very far

42
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Why did independence form Spain have little affect on the lives of most of the people living In Central America?

A

Spanish officials left but the old ways of doing things remained.

43
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Compare and contrast Cuba’s economy with the economies of the other Caribbean countries

A

Cuba is the only country in the Caribbean that is not a member of Caricon. And communist people sold things in their homes. the government didn’t think they needed new things.

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How has the Caribbean history been reflected in its culture today

A

The diversity of language and religions

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