front 1 width of Central America and width in Panama | back 1 Panama: never more than 30 miles Central America: 125 miles at the widest point |
front 2 what landform is central america | back 2 isthmus |
front 3 is central America or the Caribbean near the ring of fire | back 3 central america |
front 4 significance of lake Nicaragua | back 4 it is the only freshwater lake to have sharks and swordfish |
front 5 what happened to the maya | back 5 warfare and droughts are thought why |
front 6 staple food of maya | back 6 corn or maize |
front 7 Christopher Columbus and Vasco Nunez de Balboa? when did they arrive? what did they do in Central America? | back 7 Christopher Columbus: 1502 Vasco Nunez de Balboa: 1513 Christopher Columbus founded it. Vasco created the fist colony. |
front 8 cash crops of central America plantation | back 8 bananas, coffee, sugar cane |
front 9 who was panama part of until 1903 | back 9 columbia |
front 10 what nation tried to build the panama canal | back 10 france |
front 11 what nation completed the Panama canal | back 11 USA |
front 12 three island groups of carribean | back 12 greater Antilles, lesser Antillies, Bahamas |
front 13 difference between cays and volcanic island types | back 13 cays: coral deposits volcanic: created by lava build |
front 14 what nations are part of Hispaniola | back 14 Haiti, Dominican Republic |
front 15 what island is a territory of USA | back 15 Puerto Rico |
front 16 do Caribbean islands have many resources or few | back 16 few |
front 17 what possibilities are there due to the ring of fire. | back 17 volcanoes, possible earthquakes. |
front 18 location of Cuba | back 18 Cuba is in the greater Antilles |
front 19 capital of cuba | back 19 the capital of Cuba is Havana. |
front 20 sport of cuba | back 20 Cuba's national sport is baseball |
front 21 Cuba gained independence | back 21 Cuba gained independence in 1898 when they had a war with the US |
front 22 fun fact about cuba | back 22 One fun fact about Cuba is that Christmas was not official until 1997 |
front 23 what language does Dominican republic speak | back 23 spanish |
front 24 what language does haiti speak | back 24 french |
front 25 what are the benefits of the panama canal | back 25 makes it a lot easier for travel and trade. Saves trip time. |
front 26 history of panama canal | back 26 in the 1800s France tried (unsuccessfully) to build the canal united states built canal in 1914. |
front 27 what nation is panama canal in | back 27 panama |