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
17.
corn and are the foundation of mayan and honduran diets.

beans

rice

beef

chicken
18.
northern lowlands of guatemala covered with jungle rain forests.

petén

pacaya

cuchumatenes

atitlán
19.
first european to see or visit honduras.

tiburcio carias andino

christopher columbus

jacques cartier

cristóbal de olid
20.
an active volcano near guatemala city.

cuchumatenes

pacaya

petén

atitlán
21.
the panama railroad was the first railroad.

transcontinental

continental

intracontinental

intercontinental
22.
the gap is a region of impassable jungle in panama.

pan-american

darién

columbus

petén
23.
a wilderness area of hot, steamy rain forest on the coastline of honduras .

pacific lowlands

caribbean lowlands

coastal plain

mosquito coast
24.
means "deep waters."

honduras

guatemala

panama

cuba
25.
a(n) is a small plot of land worked by rural farmers with simple wooden tools.

milpa

baird

cassava

tapir
26.
a narrow land that connects north and south america.

isthmus of the caribbean

isthmus of panama

isthmus of columbia

isthmus of nicaragua
27.
guatemala is vulnerable to earthquakes because it sits on the edge of

the desert

the coast

the equator

tectonic plates
28.
is the capital of honduras.

colón

guatemala city

tegucigalpa

panama city
29.
leader of panama who was removed from power by u. s. military forces.

lempira

william gorgas

vasco núñez de balboa

manuel noriega
30.
a lake surrounded by three volcanoes.

cuchumatenes

atitlán

petén

pacaya
31.
what letter on the map represents panama?

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c

b

a

d

e
32.
is the capital of guatemala.

panama city

tegucigalpa

colón

guatemala city
33.
he worked to prevent the spread of disease by mosquitoes.

vasco núñez de balboa

william gorgas

lempira

manuel noriega