Geography
True or False:
No point in Central America is more than 125 miles from the sea.
True
This Native American group lived in independent city-states.
Who were the Maya?
What did Central American countries depended on these for income?
What are cash crops?
What religion is practiced by most people in Central America
What is Roman Catholicism?
What ocean borders of Central America on the west called?
What is the Pacific Ocean?
True or False:
Belize is the southernmost country in Central America.
False
Panama is the southernmost country.
This explorer started the first Spanish colony in Central America.
Who was Vasco Núñez de Balboa?
What is the name of the canal that is man-made waterway allows ships to travel between two oceans.
What is the Panama Canal?
What is the term to describes regions where Spanish and Portuguese are spoken.
What is Latin America?
What is the sea borders Central America on the east called?
What is the Caribbean Sea?
True or False:
Most of Central America is mountainous or hilly.
True
Which country finished building the Panama Canal?
What is the United States?
True or false: Panama makes money by charging ships these to pass through the canal.
True; they were known as tolls or fees.
What group of Native Americans lived mainly in Guatemala and Belize?
Who were the Maya?
The country located at 15°N, 85°W is this
What is Honduras?
What is the lake once formed an ocean bay with Lake Nicaragua?
What is Lake Managua?
What was the United Provinces of Central America?
This was an independent republic made up of Central American countries.
What are plantations?
Large farms that grow crops mainly to sell are called these.
What is an important religious festival celebrated in Central America.
What is Semana Santa?
What is the capital city of Panama?
What is Panama City?
This river is known to be the broadest river valley in the coastal lowlands is formed by this river.
What is the Río Ulúa?
Which European country claimed Belize, which is why English is spoken there.
What is Great Britain?
What are service industries?
Tourism and transportation are examples of this type of economy.
What is the word that means traditions or culture a person is born into.
What is heritage?
What country is the southernmost in Central America?
What is Panama?