Fruits
Important People
Geography
Military Involvement
100
What does UFC stand for?
United Fruit Company
100
This man was the "Self-proclaimed president" of Nicaragua.
Who is William Walker?
100
Where is Mexico located?
(Show us on the map)
100
This was the main reason American troops came into Latin America.
To protect American people and investments
200
This term is used to describe an unstable country whose economy relies mostly on one export.
What is a banana republic?
200
This country was where William Walker was sentenced to death.
What is Honduras?
200
These two oceans surround Latin America.
What are the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?
200
What was a major way that the United States disposed of Latin American governments who did not agree with their views?
Starting revolutions
300
This word means the exclusive possession of an area of the trade market.
What is a monopoly?
300
This man was the richest man in America at the time.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
300
This is the capital of Panama.
What is Panama?
300
This was the name of the ship that was sunk, which started the Spanish-American War.
What is The Maine?
400
What two cities were Vanderbilt attempting to connect in his transportation route through Nicaragua?
New York and San Francisco
400
The capital of this Latin American country is San Jose.
What is Costa Rica?
400
This was the name of the treaty that ended the Spanish- American war.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
500
This is the year William Walker decided to start his own "Nation" in Mexico.
What is 1853?
500
This is the capital of Honduras.
What is Tegucigalpa?
500
This was how many years the United States occupied Nicaragua.
What is 20 years?
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