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What country was formerly called British Honduras before gaining independence from the U.K.
Belize
What is the name given to a major urban center that is an important point of political, economic, and cultural activities across the globe?
Global City
In 1989, U.S. forces invaded what country to capture its leader, Manuel Noriega?
Panama
What country contains a famous canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
Panama
What is the term for an economically unstable country that is dependent on the export of a single natural resource characterized for its corruption, such as with specific fruits?
Banana Republic
What is the official language of the United States?
There is not one
What holiday in Mexico honors lost loved ones and family members?
Day of the Dead
Name three technology companies headquartered and operated out of the United States?
Tesla
Microsoft
Apple
What is the capital of Costa Rica?
San Jose
What is the only country in Central America that does NOT have a coastline along the Caribbean Sea?
El Salvador
What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
What country recently made Bitcoin a form of legal tender?
El Salvador
Much of Canada is covered by a massive collection of exposed rock, which is called what?
Canadian Shield
Due to rising sea levels, name one city that is at risk of going underwater?
Miami
New Orleans
Houston
What two countries fought each other in the "Soccer War?"
Honduras & El Salvador
What is the capital of Nicaragua?
Managua
Chichen Itza and Tikal were major cities of what civilization who disappeared?
Mayans
What Canadian Province primarily speaks French?
Quebec
What are two most prominent peninsulas in Mexico?
Baja California & Yucatan
What is the largest freshwater Lake in North America?
Lake Superior
What was one of the largest cities of the Mississippian Culture of North America?
Cahokia
Panama shares a border with Colombia, but no road cross into the country because of this region making it impossible.
Darien Gap
Name three primary exports that we talked about in class that Canada exports?
Lumber
Fish and Aquatic Farming
Paper
What is the name of the famous off shore sinkhole in Belize that has become a popular tourist attraction?
Great Blue Hole
The U.S. gave up control of the Panama Canal to Panama in what year?
1999