Exam 3: The Middle American Realm

As a group,the islands of Cuba,Hispaniola,Jamaica,and Puerto Rico constitute ___________.:

Which of the following Caribbean republics was influenced by French culture?

Mexico's leading oil-producing zone is located along its southern Pacific coast.

Which country is located in the Greater Antilles?

Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula was part of the Mesoamerican culture hearth that gave rise to the ___ civilization,which reached its height between the fourth and tenth centuries AD.

The tourism-dominated island-nations of Middle America have become so advanced that poverty is just about unknown.

A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land bodies is known as a(n)____________.:

According to Figure 2-6,the poorest Mainland countries in 2010 were __________.

As a landform,the land bridge between Mexico and South America would be best characterized as a(n):

Guatemala's mestizo population calls itself the _________.

The Maya civilization is the only one on the world culture map that arose in a tropical lowland.

Figure 2-3 shows that Ciudad Juárez lies directly across the border from this U.S.city:

The archipelago to the northeaST of Cuba that was formerly a British dependency is called the ____________.

The Yucatán Peninsula protrudes into the Pacific Ocean.

As one travels north leaving South America,the first country encountered on the Central American land bridge is ________.

A narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses is called an isthmus.

Maquiladoras are large communal farms in northern Mexico near the U.S.border.

The large island of Trinidad is located in the Greater Antilles.

The Maya and Aztec civilizations both evolved within the Mesoamerican culture hearth.

The Panama Canal was opened in ________.