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TheCaribbean
Governments&
Economies
CentralAmerica
MapSkills
SouthAmerica
The European country that funded
ChristopherColumbus’s voyage.
What isSpain?
Another name given to the Caribbean
region.
What is the “West Indies”?
The longest river in Caribbean
South America.
What is the Orinoco River?
Hispaniola, the Bahamas, _____,
and Jamaica are all islands in the
Caribbean Sea.
What isCuba?
Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela & _____ make up Caribbean
South America.
What is“Colombia”?
The large island country of Cuba has
this type of government.
What is communism?
Colombia’s economy has been hurt or damaged by
___________.
What is“civil war”?
This type of gov’t has LESS
government control.
What is a LIMITED
government?
The production of oil plays a large role in the economy of
this South American country.
What isVenezuela?
Her husband was the president of
Argentina and she was loved by the
people.
Who wasEva Peron?
The number of countries in
Central America.
What isseven?
Because _____ colonized most countries, most
people speak ____.
What is “Spain” and what is“Spanish”?
Europeans who colonized brought
________ & death to millions of native
people inthe Americas.
What isdisease?
This group of blended people make up a
large population in Mexico & Central
America.
Who are “mestizos”?
Sadly, one effect to local people when Central America was
colonized.
What isenslavement?
Zero degrees latitude.
What is the “Equator”?
Zero degrees longitude.
What isPrime
Meridian?
A giant, flat floodplain in
South America.
What is theAmazon Basin?
A low plains region in South
America.
What is theGran Chaco?
A region of dry plains & plateaus just south of the
Pampas.
What is“Patagonia”?
The largest country in
South America.
What isBrazil?
The world’s largest river
system.
What is the “Amazon”?
The two most common languages
spoken in South America.
What are Spanish and Portuguese?
The Amazon region is
threatened by this.
What isdeforestation(clearing of
trees)?
Colombia’s diverse geographic features
causes this.
What is“isolation” of its
people?
