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Central America and Caribbean Review
Central America and Caribbean Review
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What is NOT part of the 3 islands groups of the Caribbean?
Greater Antilles
Bahamas
West Indies
Lesser Antilles
2
The island nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic are located on what island?
Hispaniola
Cuba
Greater Antilles
Lesser Antilles
3
What economic activity dominates the Caribbean nations?
Manufacturing
Mining
Tourism
Commercial Farming
4
What is the major religion in Central America and the Caribbean?
Jewish
Catholic
Protestant
Islamic
5
What major body of water is located south of the US and NW of Cuba?
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
6
Most individuals in this region speak what language?
French
Portuguese
English
Spanish
7
What is the southern tip of South America called in which the Panama Canal allows ship to no longer travel around?
Cape Town
Breese
Cape Tip
Cape Horn
8
What area is home to the world's most active earthquake and volcanic activity around the Pacific?
Ring of Fire
West Indies
Mexico City
Isthmus of Tehuantepec
9
What country does not border the Caribbean Sea?
Belize
Puerto Rico
Panama
El Salvador
10
What is the capital of Honduras?
Tegucigalpa
Panama City
Nassau
Managua
11
What is the Aztec capital?
Texcoco
Monctezuma
Tenochtitlan
Baja
12
What is an archipelago?
An elevated flat piece of land
A chain of islands
A man made waterway
A small body of water
13
What country does not border the Pacific Ocean?
El Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Belize
14
What major mountain range in Mexico is located in the southern part of the country?
Sierra Madre Occidental
Rockies
Sierra Madre Oriental
Sierra Madre Del Sur
15
What is the capital of Jamaica?
Kingston
Santo Domingo
Nassau
Havana
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What is the only country in Central America with English as the official language?
Panama
Belize
Costa Rica
Mexico
17
What is the capital of Cuba?
Santo Domingo
Kingston
San Jose
Havana
18
What is the capital of Haiti?
Nassau
Port-au-Prince
Santo Domingo
Kingston
19
Who is the president of Mexico?
Andres Obrador
Miguel Hidalgo
Vincent Fox
Scott Jackson
20
What major peninsula in Mexico is located in the SE?
Tenochtitlan
Yucatan Peninsula
Baja California
Sierra Madre Oriental
21
Which physical feature does NOT dominate Central America?
Lowlands
Coastal Plains
mountains
Lakes
22
What major peninsula in Mexico is located in the NW?
Baja California
Florida
Yucatan Peninsula
Central peninsula
23
What is a mestizo?
Blend of Caribbean and African descent
Blend of European and Native descent
Blend of African and European descent
A Spanish cowboy
24
What is the capital of Nicaragua?
Belmopan
Managua
Havana
Tegucigalpa
25
What is an isthmus?
A group of islands
Parallel set of mountain ranges
A narrow body of land connecting two larger bodies of land
A narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water
26
In what country can you see the sun rise in the Pacific and set in the Atlantic?
Guatemala
Panama
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
27
What country has a man-made waterway that was finished in 1914?
Haiti
Panama
Mexico
Costa Rica
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What is the capital of Puerto Rico?
San Salvador
San Juan
Managau
San Jose
