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The Caribbean and Central America q3 w8 hw The Caribbean Hundreds of islands in the Caribbean Sea. Forty million people; 27 countries. Caribs were a tribe of Native People. Gulf of Mexico Panama Canal Sierra Madre Cuba Panama Mexico Haiti Central America Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama. 141 million people. An oval-shaped body of water connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the US, Mexico, and Cuba. A 48-mile canal dug by the US in 1910 as a shipping route through Central America connecting the Atlantic and Pacific. Three mountain ranges in Mexico. Sierra means mountain range. Directly south of Florida, Cuba is an island nation 700 miles long with a population of 11 million. Cuba means abundant growth in the Native Taino language. Columbus landed here in 1492 and claimed the land of the Taino Native People for Spain. African people were enslaved to work on Cuban sugar plantations. Connecting Central and South America at Colombia, Panama is a small country with 3.4 million people. Legend claims the word panama means abundant fish. Very diverse Native groups lived in Panama before Columbus arrived in 1502. Spanish Cargo was carried 50 miles across Panama from the Pacific to the Atlantic. With 111 million people, Mexico is the leader of Central America. Mextili was the legendary home of the Aztec War God. Huge, complex Native cultures, including the Maya and the Aztec, thrived in this region before the Spanish claimed it as New Spain in 1521. Mexico City has nine million inhabitants. Haiti is the western third of the island of Hispaniola, just southeast of Cuba. Ayiti is the Native Taino word for high mountains. Ten million people live in this country one-fourth the size of Cuba. Columbus visited Haiti, and it became a French sugar colony in 1697. Over 95% of the people descend from African slaves. People speak French and Hatian Creole. The Caribbean and Central America N D C Q3 W8 HW On this map, label: Cuba, Haiti, Panama, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Panama Canal, Sierra Madre Mountains, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Florida, Texas, Venezuela, Colombia The Caribbean is a mix of three cultures. What are the three? In what order did each arrive? Who got what? Who decided? Long before the Panama Canal (1910), Panama was a hub for the transportation of goods. Explain how the Spanish used Panamanian geography and labor to meet their colonial needs. Connect the country with the year with the event. Write a sentence for each. Panama Haiti Mexico 1697 1521 1910 US sponsored canal linking two oceans Spanish explorers colonized New Spain French colony, sugar plantations Where does the name Caribbean come from? Cuba, Mexico, Haiti, Panama: Which name comes from a Spanish word?