True/False TermsPeople Cities & Geography Miscellaneous
A major problem in building the Panama Canal was the diseases that killed workers.
What is True?
Once cleared of trees, the soil of the rainforest is washed away, and farming becomes poor.
What is True?
Most of the nations of Central America gained independence from Spain by 1981.
What is False? Most gained independence from Spain by 1821.
The mountains of Central America are of volcanic origin; therefore, the soil is very poor.
What is False? Volcanic ash makes the soil good for farming.
In Central America, Guatemala has the most people, but El Salvador is the most crowded.
What is True?
Term for a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas.
What is an isthmus?
Term for the ability to read and write.
What is literacy?
Created from volcanoes, this creates fertile soils which is good for agricultural industries as well as poor people who depend on their crops to survive.
What is ash?
These allow ships to move from one water level to another by changing the amount of water in them.
What are locks?
Top-most layer of the rainforest that shades the bottom floor of the forest.
What is a canopy?
The term for visitors who travel to experience nature.
Who are ecotourists?
They created temples and sculptures in Copan, Honduras.
Who are the Mayans?
They were the first to try and fail to build the Panama Canal.
Who are the French?
These people are of Spanish descent but born in Mexico.
Who are the Creoles?
These people are a mixture of Spanish and Native American.
Who are the Mestizos?
The capital of Costa Rica.
What is San José?
Ancient Mayan city in Guatemala.
What is Tikal?
Central American country that speaks English and has the smallest population.
What is Belize?
Hot and humid areas that are mostly tropical rainforests on the east coast and can receive over 100 inches of rain in a year.
What are the lowlands?
This connects the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Panama Canal?
Panama once belonged to this country.
What is Colombia?
This CA country has the largest middle class.
What is Costa Rica?
This is the religion of most people in Central America.
What is Catholic?
Lowlands along this ocean are drier from December through April, which makes it a more populated area in Central America.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This was the date the Panama Canal was turned over to Panama by the U.S.
What is December 31, 1999?
Peninsulares Creoles Mestizos/Mulattoes African-American Slaves Native Americans
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