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100

Where is Belize?

A.

100

True or False: The Maya were able to build strong communities and develop a written language because they were made in the image of God.

True

100

People who brought Protestantism from America to Central America.

a.)Mestizos

b.)missionaries

c.)Kaqchikel

b.)missionaries

100

Mayan game of indoor soccer.

Futsal

100

The Maya invented the idea of zero and used cacao beans to make:

chocolate

200

Where is Costa Rica?

F

200

True or False: Both Catholicism and Protestantism teach that all people are born sinners and that Jesus died on the cross for people's sins.

True

200

Central America is part of the _______ and Western Hemispheres.

Northern

200

Central America is part of which continent?

(hint: ____ America)

North America

200

The trade agreement between some _____ ______ countries and the Unites States removes taxes and fees.

Central America

300

Where is El Salvador?

C

300

Where is Nicaragua?

E

300

Decendants of settlers who moved to Central America from Europe.

a.)Maya

b.)Europeans

c.)Kaqchikel

b.)Europeans

300

There are six presidential republics and ____ parliamentary democracy in Central America.

1

300

The Panama Canal was started by the French and finished by the _____ ______.

a.)Europe

b.)Maya

c.)United States

c.)United States

400

Where is Guatemala?

B

400

A story that is handed down from one generation to the next.

a.)legend

b.)missionaries

c.)myth

a.)legend

400

People found mainly in Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador.

a.)Mestizos

b.)Kaqchikel

c.)Maya

c.)Maya

400

The ______ is hot and humid and receives over one hundred inches of rain each year.

a.)ring of fire

b.)Caribbean Plain

c.)Plains

b.)Caribbean Plain

400

Central America's most important resource is:

land

500

Where is Honduras?

D

500

Name 2 problems with the slash and burn method.

-forests are destroyed 

-soil washes away

-trees are killed

500

People with Amerindian and European relatives.

a.)Mestizos

b.)Kaqchikel

c.)missionaries

a.) Mestizos

500

In some ____ of Costa Rica there are clouds in the treetops all year long.

rainforests

500

Some Central American countries sell their gold to the Unites States and ______.

a.)Europe

b.)Maya

c.)United States

a.) Europe

600

Where is Panama?

G

600

Name 2 animals that live near the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef.

-sponges

-sea urchins

-sharks

-rays

-turtles

600

Name 2 problems of the Slash and Burn method. 

-forests are destroyed 

-soil washes away

-trees are killed

600

Name 2 animals that live near the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef.

-sponges

-sea urchins

-sharks

-rays

-turtles

600

Coral reeds protect the coast by preventing ____ from being washed away.

a.)fish

b.)sand

c.)land

b.)sand