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Cent America
SS 5th grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| _____ and the ____ are often hit by natural disasters | Central America and Caribbean |
| ________ _________make agriculture and tourism vital to the region’s economies. | Tropical climates |
| ______ _______ and large numbers of tourists can have negative effects on the region’s environments. | Plantation farming |
| strip of land with water on both sides, which connects two larger bodies of land | isthmus |
| tropical cyclone that forms over the tropical Atlantic | hurricane |
| variety of different kinds of living things in a region or ecosystem | biodiversity |
| business of providing food, places to stay, and other services to visitors from other places | tourism |
| the loss of forest cover in a region that results from the trees in a forest being destroyed faster than they can grow back | deforestation |
| connects North America and South America, separates Atlantic Ocean from Pacific Ocean, divided by Panama Canal | isthmus |
| Includes: Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama | Central America |
| East of Central America and includes hundreds of islands in the Caribbean Sea | Caribbean |
| Largest countries in the Caribbean | Cuba, Jamaica, and Hispaniola |
| Divided by several mountain ranges, highest peak = Pico Duarte in Dominican Republic, Mexico’s Sierra Madre extend south into Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras Cordillera Central mountain range in Panama | Caribbean |
| Highest peak in Caribbean | Pico Duarte in Dominican Republic |
| Mexico’s Sierra Madre extend south into____,____ and _____ | Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras |
| Precipitation in the Central American highlands forms lakes and rivers: Lake Atitlan and Usumacinta River | Caribbean |
| This region is physically unstable because of slow but steady movement of Earth’s plates: eighty active volcanoes, earthquakes are common, can lead to mudslides | Caribbean |
| Close to large bodies of water and the Equator: region is warm and wet, trade winds (warm East winds) bring year-round rain | Caribbean |
| ________can cause great damage, threaten people’s safety, and keep visitors away They occur in summer and early fall. | Hurricanes |
| _____ _____ in the Caribbean are home to many different tropical fish | Coral Reefs |
| _____ is surrounded by tropical and subtropical ecosystems: tropical rain forests tropical grasslands, and cloud forests in Costa Rica | Caribbean |
| Central American _______ have a dry season and rainy season. | Highlands |
| Mountains block the trade winds, less rain (winter)water shortages – can’t support tropical forests, suitable for cattle ranches, have a dense population (crowded) because of dry, cool climate which allows people to grow different crops | Highlands |
| Caribbean countries have ______ elevation | Lower |
| Central America- some land used for _____: bauxite in Jamaica and some petroleum is produced | Mining |
| Central America: very few ______ ________ due to small sizes of the countries | Natural resources |
| Large scale ________ is possible in the lowlands of Central America and the Caribbean | Agriculture |
| Caribbean plantations grow cash crops such as ____ and _____. | Sugar and coffee |
| Pesticides and chemicals can cause _________. | Water pollution |
| Water pollution can kill plants and _____ | Animals |
| ______ _____contaminates commercial fishing areas (Belize, Honduras) | Water pollution |
| _________ causes the land to become useless for farming. Haiti has trouble producing food for its people and causes Native American groups to lose their homes. | Deforestation |
| Drier areas used for raising _____ such as cattle. | Livestock |
| _______ is most important to the economy. | Tourism |
| ______ causes dangers to region: increase in population density makes life difficult for local people and causes water shortages | Tourism |
| Largest locations for tourism are: _____ and _____ | Bahamas and Jamaica |
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