Chapter 6
Lesson 1 - Vocabulary
MIDDLE AMERICA
 Middle America is a region of America made up of three
regions:
 Mexico
 Central America
 The Caribbean
CENTRAL AMERICA
 Central America is made up of 7 countries:
 Belize
 Costa Rica
 El Salvador
 Guatemala
 Honduras
 Nicaragua
 Panama
 Central America is smaller than the state of Texas.
 The main geographic features of Central America are two areas
of lowlands with rugged mountains in between.
archipelago
A chain of islands.
Ring of Fire
The circle of volcanoes around the
Pacific Ocean.
coniferous
 A kind of cone-bearing tree
THE GREATER ANTILLES
 There are 4 islands that make up the Greater Antilles:
 Cuba
 Hispaniola
 Jamaica
 Puerto Rico
THE LESSER ANTILLES
 These islands are divided into two groups:
 The Leeward Islands
 The Windward Islands
 The trade winds put these islands in the path of
hurricanes in the summer months.
Trade wind
 Wind blowing almost constantly from the
northeast toward the equator
THE BAHAMAS
 The Bahamas are made up of about 700 islands and
2,400 cays.
 People live on only about 20 of these islands.
cay
 A tiny, low-lying island or coral reef
coral
 A hard, stony substance that is made up
of skeletal remains of tiny sea animals