The _________ unified Central American countries for a short period during the 19th century.
Central America Federation
United Provinces of Central America
Columbia Coalition
Organization of Banana Producing Countries
2.
The _________ Highway is comprised of roads spanning North and South America.
Panamanian
Columbian
Pan-American
Central American
3.
Which letter on the map represents the country of Guatemala?
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A
B
E
D
C
4.
A(n) _________ legislature has only one house.
tricameral
bicameral
unicameral
monocameral
5.
A(n) _________ is a type of cloth woven and worn by Kuna women.
matrilineal
scarf
mola
kuna
6.
Engineers building the Panama Canal dammed rivers to create _________ Lake.
Culebra
Goethals
Gatún
Panamanian
7.
The Mayan city of _________ supported a population of 120,000 at its peak.
Flores
Motagua
Cuchumatenes
Tikal
8.
Which letter on the map represents the country of Honduras?
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A
C
D
B
E
9.
Which statement was NOT a strategy used by American engineers to dig the Panama Canal?
The creation of Gatún Lake reduced the need for digging.
The canal was built to sea level, allowing ocean water to fill the canal.
A series of locks on each end of the Canal lifts ships to the lake.
The main excavation took place in the Culebra Cut.
10.
_________ is the capital of Panama.
Guatemala City
Tegucigalpa
Colón
Panama City
11.
When Panama separated from Spain, it became part of _________.
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Peru
Colombia
12.
He crossed Panama in search of a rumored "southern sea," which turned out to be the Pacific Ocean.
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Manuel Noriega
Lempira
William Gorgas
13.
The main excavation of the Panama Canal took place in the _________ Cut.
Panamanian
Gatún
Culebra
Goethals
14.
In 1998, Hurricane _________ severely damaged several Central American nations, including farms and infrastructure in Honduras.
Hugo
Florence
Katrina
Mitch
15.
A native chief in Honduras who led an unsuccessful rebellion.
Miskito
Garifuna
Fonseca
Lempira
16.
Deaths caused by _________ were a contributing factor of the French failure to complete the Panama Canal.
accident
upset tribes
food poisoning
disease
17.
Corn and _________ are the foundation of Mayan and Honduran diets.
beans
rice
beef
chicken
18.
Northern lowlands of Guatemala covered with jungle rain forests.
Petén
Pacaya
Cuchumatenes
Atitlán
19.
First European to see or visit Honduras.
Tiburcio Carias Andino
Christopher Columbus
Jacques Cartier
Cristóbal de Olid
20.
An active volcano near Guatemala City.
Cuchumatenes
Pacaya
Petén
Atitlán
21.
The Panama Railroad was the first _________ railroad.
transcontinental
continental
intracontinental
intercontinental
22.
The _________ Gap is a region of impassable jungle in Panama.
Pan-American
Darién
Columbus
Petén
23.
A wilderness area of hot, steamy rain forest on the coastline of Honduras .
Pacific Lowlands
Caribbean Lowlands
Coastal Plain
Mosquito Coast
24.
_________ means "deep waters."
Honduras
Guatemala
Panama
Cuba
25.
A(n) _________ is a small plot of land worked by rural farmers with simple wooden tools.
milpa
baird
cassava
tapir
26.
A narrow land that connects North and South America.
Isthmus of the Caribbean
Isthmus of Panama
Isthmus of Columbia
Isthmus of Nicaragua
27.
Guatemala is vulnerable to earthquakes because it sits on the edge of _________.
the desert
the coast
the equator
tectonic plates
28.
_________ is the capital of Honduras.
Colón
Guatemala City
Tegucigalpa
Panama City
29.
Leader of Panama who was removed from power by U.S. military forces.
Lempira
William Gorgas
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Manuel Noriega
30.
A lake surrounded by three volcanoes.
Cuchumatenes
Atitlán
Petén
Pacaya
31.
What letter on the map represents Panama?
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C
B
A
D
E
32.
_________ is the capital of Guatemala.
Panama City
Tegucigalpa
Colón
Guatemala City
33.
He worked to prevent the spread of disease by mosquitoes.
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
William Gorgas
Lempira
Manuel Noriega.
