The _________ unified Central American countries for a short period during the 19th century.
Central America Federation
United Provinces of Central America
Columbia Coalition
Organization of Banana Producing Countries
2.
The _________ Highway is comprised of roads spanning North and South America.
Panamanian
Columbian
Pan-American
Central American
3.
Which letter on the map represents the country of Guatemala?
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A
B
E
D
C
4.
A(n) _________ legislature has only one house.
tricameral
bicameral
unicameral
monocameral
5.
A(n) _________ is a type of cloth woven and worn by Kuna women.
matrilineal
scarf
mola
kuna
6.
Engineers building the Panama Canal dammed rivers to create _________ Lake.
Culebra
Goethals
Gatún
Panamanian
7.
The Mayan city of _________ supported a population of 120,000 at its peak.
Flores
Motagua
Cuchumatenes
Tikal
8.
Which letter on the map represents the country of Honduras?
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A
C
D
B
E
9.
Which statement was NOT a strategy used by American engineers to dig the Panama Canal?
The creation of Gatún Lake reduced the need for digging.
The canal was built to sea level, allowing ocean water to fill the canal.
A series of locks on each end of the Canal lifts ships to the lake.
The main excavation took place in the Culebra Cut.
10.
_________ is the capital of Panama.
Guatemala City
Tegucigalpa
Colón
Panama City
11.
When Panama separated from Spain, it became part of _________.
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Peru
Colombia
12.
He crossed Panama in search of a rumored "southern sea," which turned out to be the Pacific Ocean.
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Manuel Noriega
Lempira
William Gorgas
13.
The main excavation of the Panama Canal took place in the _________ Cut.
Panamanian
Gatún
Culebra
Goethals
14.
In 1998, Hurricane _________ severely damaged several Central American nations, including farms and infrastructure in Honduras.
Hugo
Florence
Katrina
Mitch
15.
A native chief in Honduras who led an unsuccessful rebellion.
Miskito
Garifuna
Fonseca
Lempira
16.
Deaths caused by _________ were a contributing factor of the French failure to complete the Panama Canal.
accident
upset tribes
food poisoning
disease
