HMH Western World Geography Module 10

A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas

• isthmus

• archipelago

• traditional

• cooperative

A self governing territory associated with another country

• refugee

• Havana

• Greater Antilles

• commonwealth

someone who flees their country, usually for political or economic reasons

• traditional

• refugee

• Panama Canal

• cloud forest

The United States controlled the __________ until 1999.

• Lesser Antilles

• Greater Antilles

• Panama Canal

• Havana

The large islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico make up the __.

• Lesser Antilles

• Greater Antilles

• Central America

• Caribbean Sea

_______ is found in the mountainous part of Central America.

• archipelago

• cooperative

• cloud forest

• rainforest

What formed many of the Caribbean Islands? Choose all that apply.

• volcanoes

• movement of tectonic plates

• earthquakes

• floods

What Central American country speaks English as their first language?

• Panama

• Belize

• Nicaragua

• Haiti

Why do people of African ancestry live mainly near the coast?

• Their ancestors were brought on ships and worked near the coast.

• They were looking for a way out.

• They prefer the bright sunshine and beaches.

• The islands are so small there is litte space to live not on the coast.

Name each of the following countries.

• 1. Nicaragua, 2. Guatemala, 3. Panama. 4. Dominican Republic

• 1. Dominican Republic, 2. Guatemala, 3. Panama, 4. Nicaragua

• 1. Dominican Republic, 2. Guatemala, 3. Nicaragua, 4. Panama

• 1. Panama, 2. Nicaragua, 3. Guatemala, 4. Dominican Republic