Quiz 9-2 (Central America and the Caribbean)

Handwoven textiles from this country reflect ancient Maya symbols and weaving techniques.

Guatemala

Some Caribbean islands remain under foreign control, such as

Puerto Rico and some of the Virgin Islands.

Africans

brought forcibly to Latin America by Europeans

Fidel Castro

communist leader of Cuba after 1959

HIspaniola

first permanent European settlement

In the beginning, European colonies in the Americas were

free of the diseases found in Europe.

Francois Toussaint-Louverture

leader of a revolt against European rule in Haiti

Panama

location of shortcut between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

In the Caribbean, the structure of the family is often

matriarchal.

Throughout Central America and the Caribbean, about 60 percent of the population live in

towns and cities.