Central America and Caribbean

Central America is what type of landform?

• archipelago
• isthmus
• peninsula
• island

A change in seasons in Central America and the Caribbean is marked by a change in ____________.

• winds
• temperature
• sunlight
• rainfall

The Caribbean and Central American region is threatened by _______________ from summer to fall, especially from June to November.

• drought
• volcanoes
• earthquakes
• hurricanes

The festival held just before the Christian season of Lent?

• Carnival
• Creole
• Santeria
• CAFTA

U.S.-based company that controlled most of the banana production in Central America?

• Dole Company
• United Fruit Company
• CAFTA
• Greater Antilles

Official language of most Central American countries?

• English
• Spanish
• French
• Creole

Central American country with a history of peace and stability?

• Costa Rica
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Nicaragua

Poorest country in the Americas?

• Panama
• Honduras
• Haiti
• Cuba

Many Caribbean Indians died from ____________.

• Disease
• Starvation
• Fighting Europeans
• Overwork

A slave revolt in _____________ sparked ideas of independence through many Caribbean nations.

• Jamaica
• Cuba
• the Bahamas
• Haiti