Countries
Rural vs Urban
Guatemala
Panama
Vocabulary
100
This country borders Colombia and has a large canal.
What is Panama?
100
Most farm families in Mexico are rich or poor?
What is poor?
100
A war within a country is called a ________ war.
What is civil?
100
The Panama Canal is a way to get from the ______ Ocean to the ______ Ocean.
What is Atlantic to Pacific?
100
This word is a person who settles on someone else's land without permission.
What is squatter?
200
This country is bordered by Costa Rica and Honduras.
What is Nicaragua?
200
Families move to the city to earn _____________.
What is more money?
200
Only a few _______ families own most of the land in Guatemala.
What is wealthy or rich?
200
At the time it was first built, Panama was part of what country?
What is Colombia?
200
This word is a refusal to work until certain demands are met.
What is strike?
300
This is the smallest of the Central American countries.
What is El Salvador?
300
Most people who live in small villages buy what they need at ______________.
What is a village market?
300
Many Mayan farmers live in the mountainous regions of Guatemala. The soil here is ________.
What is poor.
300
Malaria and yellow fever made many workers ill. How were these diseases spread?
What are mosquitoes?
300
Someone who travels from one area to another to pick crops is a ____________ _________.
What is a migrant worker
400
This country means “Rich coast”.
What is Costa Rica?
400
Men look for work across the __________.
What is border?
400
Another word for the efforts to distribute land more fairly is _____ ________.
What is land reform?
400
What president felt the canal would speed travel for the US Navy in case of war?
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
400
What word means to travel to unspoiled areas in order to learn about the environment?
What is ecotourism?
500
This country is divided into 31 states.
What is Mexico?
500
Mexico City has a population of over ________________.
What is 20 million?
500
This group makes up the majority of people in Guatemala.
What is Native American?
500
What country tried to build the canal first?
What is France?
500
A ladino is a person of mixed ancestry; Native American and ____________.
What is Spanish?
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