Vocab Ch. 11 Central American and the Caribbean Jeopardy! Central America Landforms and Climate People Island Info Potpourri

Vocab 100 Group of islands Timer

Vocab 200 Narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses Timer

Vocab 300 Refers to people of mixed descent ex. European and Indian ancestry Timer

Vocab 400 Armed forces not part of a nation’s official army Timer

Vocab 500 Military dictator Timer

C.A. Landforms and Climate 100 Name the three main landform regions of Central America Timer

C.A. Landforms and Climate 200 Name some of the crops that are grown in the higher elevations of the mountainous core of Central America Timer

C.A. Landforms and Climate 300 What created the rich soil of the Pacific Coastal Plain? Timer

C.A. Landforms and Climate 400 Explain why the Pacific Coastal Plain is dryer than the Caribbean Lowlands Timer

C.A. Landforms and Climate 500 The climate of Central America allows farmers to grow many crops. Name three of the major crops exported from Central America Timer

People 100 What type of farming do most Central Americans practice? Timer

People 200 Name the largest ethnic group in the Caribbean islands Timer

People 300 Explain why many Caribbean islanders migrate to the US and Central America Timer

People400 Why have some people in Central America and the Caribbean joined guerilla forces against their gov’ts? Timer

People 500 What are the three main ethnic groups of Central America? Timer

Island Info 100 Name the three island groups of the Caribbean Timer

Island Info 200 What is the main economic activity of most Caribbean islands? Timer

Island Info 300 Explain the differences between the two types of island formations Timer

Island Info 400 What factor has the largest impact on the climate of the Caribbean islands? Timer

Island Info 500 Why are there few Indians living on the Caribbean islands today? Timer

Potpourri 100 Name the two countries that make up the island of Hispaniola Timer

Potpourri 200 Which island formation has richer soil? Timer

Potpourri 300 Many Central American countries have violent histories. What is the main cause of this violence? Timer

Potpourri 400 Which side of an island receives more rain? Timer

Potpourri 500 Explain why many Caribbean islands have political links with the US and Europe Timer

Answers Vocab archipelagoIsland Info 200 – isthmus100- Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles 300 – MestizoBahamas 400 – Guerilla200 - Agriculture 500 – Caudillo300 – Volcanic and coral islands 400 – the sea CA Landforms and Climate500 – most were killed by European 100- Mountainous Core, Caribbean Lowlandsdiseases centuries ago Pacific Coastal Plain 200- Potatoes and Barley 300 – volcanoesPotpourri 400 – Rain comes from the Atlantic, but is blocked100 – Haiti and the Dominican Rep. By the Mountainous core before it reaches200 - Volcanic the Pacific Coastal Plain300 – unequal distribution of land, Coffee, Bananas, and Cottonwealth and political power 400- the windward side People500 – many of the islands were settled 100 – Subsistence farmingby European colonists; 200 – African descentconnections with the US provide economic 300 – high unemployment in the off seasons ofand political benefits farming and tourism 400 – gov’t is corrupt 500 – Indian, Mestizo/European descent, African Descent