Question | Answer |
Haiti occupies the western side of | Hispaniola |
Large commercial farms that grow crops for sale | plantations |
water passageway connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans | Panama Canal |
group of nearly 700 islands east of Florida | Bahamas |
where many Dominicans sell goods | free trade zone |
strong government control of the society and economy | communist state |
type of farm found in Cuba | coopertive |
another name for the Caribbean islands | West Indies |
body of water on Central America's east coast | Caribbean Sea |
storms with winds of 74 miles per hour | hurricanes |
smaller islands of the southern Caribbean are part of the | Lesser Antilles |
uses its rain forests to attract ecotourists | Costa Rica |
temperatures in the Caribbean islands often remain pleasant because of | winds blowing from the sea |
first permanent European settlement in the Western Hemisphere | Santo Domingo |
an instrument that was developed in Trinidad and Tobago | steel drum |
islands that are still not independent and have ties to France | Martinique and Guadeloupe |
many Caribbean islands have a _________ economy | farm |
the farm economy of the Caribbean islands is based on only _________ crop | one |
group of four large islands in the Caribbean Sea | Greater Antilles |
much of the Central Highlands' fertile soil came from | volcanic eruptions |
rapid clearing is a growing threat to rain forests in | Central America |
in Central America, rapid clearing is a growing threat to | rain forests |