Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean

Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean

The Lesson Activities will help you meet these educational goals:

Inquiry Skills—You will develop questions and plan investigations, apply reasoning that requires spatial and environmental perspectives, evaluate change and continuity over time, and develop explanations and make persuasive arguments in support of your conclusions.

Directions

Pleasesave this document before you begin working on the assignment. Type your answers directly in the document. ______

Self-CheckedActivities

Read the instructions for the following activities and type in your responses. At the end of the lesson, click the link to open the Student Answer Sheet. Use the answers or sample responses to evaluate your work.

1. The Columbian Exchange

View the information about commerce between the Old World and New World in the Columbian Exchange.

1. List the animals, crops, and diseases that flowed between the Old World and New World in the Columbian Exchange.

Type your response in the table:

The Columbian Exchange / Old World to New World / New World to Old World
Domestic Animals
Crops
Diseases

1. Consider the information you have learned about the Columbian Exchange. Which location, New World or Old World, influenced the other more? Support your decision with facts from the reading.

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1. The Panama Canal

Read the Knowledge Article on the Panama Canal.

1. According to the Knowledge Article, the French were the first to attempt to build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama. However, the French failed in their attempt. Discuss two issuesthat prevented the French from building the canal at the end of the nineteenth century. How did those two obstaclescause the French difficulties in Panama? How did the United States deal with those same obstacles to ultimately build the canal?

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1. Consider the effectsthat the Panama Canal has had on the world during the past century. What other transportation innovations in the last century have had a similar effect?

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1. Read this article describing the tumultuous relationship between Cuba and the United States. Consider the historical events that led to the current state of affairs between these two countries.

1. When did Fidel Castro take power, and what immediate actions did he take to upset relations between Cuba and the United States?

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1. At what point during Castro’s regime was tension between Cuba and the United Statesthehighest?

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1. What effects have the U.S.-Cuba trade embargo had on the economies of both countries?

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