geography
Name the regions that make up “middle America”
Mexico, Central America, West Indies
The Spanish explorer who came to Mexico in 1519 looking for $$$
Hernando Cortes
Name the tribe that built a powerful empire in Mexico
Aztecs
Name two of the 5 major export crops of Central American countries
Coffee, bananas, cacao, cotton, and sugar
The country that is the home of the ancient Mayan city, Copan. Also one of the POOREST Central American countries
Honduras
Name the countries that make up Anglo-America
US and Canada
I am the Aztec emperor who was conquered by Cortes
Montezuma
Name the tribe that built the first great civilization of the Western Hemisphere
Maya
Mexico leads the world in the mining and production of this
what other minerals are abundant in Mexico?
Silver
2) gold, copper, zinc, sulfur, lead
The Central American country that is both the smallest and the most densely populated on the mainland; only Central American country without a Caribbean shore; most industrialized nation in CEntral America
El Salvador
Name the main religion in Latin America
Roman Catholicism
I conquered malaria in Panama, making it possible to build the Panama Canal
Colonel William Gorgas
What were some achievements for which the Maya are known
Developed 365 day calendar
Developed a system of hieroglyphics
What fuel is one of Mexico’s greatest natural resources?
Petroleum
Peaceful Central American country whose name means “rich coast”
Costa Rica
Name the two mountain ranges that rim the Mexican Plateau
Sierra Madre Occidental
Sierra Madre Oriental
A bird with an enormous, colorful bill
Toucan
Name the two large peninsulas located in Mexico
Yucatán and Baja California
What are these two things used for?
1. Candelilla plant
2. The sapodilla tree
1. Shoe polish, car and floor wax, candy, crayons
2. The sap is a source of chicle, a major ingredient in gum
The largest population of any Central American country
Guatemala
Name the largest lake in Central America
Lake Nicaragua
Large poisonous snake
Bushmaster
Famous Mayan ruins on the Yucatán Peninsula
Chichen Itza
“Crossroads of the World” and location of the Panama Canal
PANAMA
Only Central American country in which English is the main language; only Central American country without a Pacific coast
Belize