606 Quiz 2

Question 1

Another name for the Garifuna is what?

Answer 1

Black Caribs

Question 2

Most of Belize’s food is grown where today?

Answer 2

in Belize

Question 3

Who opposed the Somozas in Nicaragua and won power from them?

Answer 3

Sandinistas

Question 4

What is the capital of Honduras?

Answer 4

Tegucigalpa

Question 5

This country’s leading export is banannas

Answer 5

Honduras

Question 6

Be able to match these countries/places from a map

Answer 6

Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Mexico; El Salvador; Nicaragua; Pacific Ocean; Caribbean Sea

Question 7

Who was the Costa Rican president who used diplomacy to work for peace in Central America?

Answer 7

Oscar Arias Sanchez

Question 8

Guatemala’s hot, humid, rolling plateau region is called what?

Answer 8

The Peten (your teacher lived here for over a year!)

Question 9

A mixed language spoken by Belizeans is called what?

Answer 9

Creole

Question 10

Belize was settled by what group of people?

Answer 10

The British

Question 11

Who opposed the Sandinistas in Nicaragua and received help from the United States?

Answer 11

Contras

Question 12

Many Russian Mennonite settled in this country

Answer 12

Belize

Question 13

Where do one-fourth of Belizeans live?

Answer 13

Belize City

Question 14

Who was the Guatemalan president who worked for Central American peace in the 1990s?

Answer 14

Alvara Arzu Irigoyen

Question 15

The official language of Belize is what?

Answer 15

English

Question 16

What country is home to the Quetzal?

Answer 16

Guatemala

Question 17

Many tourists scuba dive near the coast of this country

Answer 17

Belize

Question 18

What country is the second largest country in Central America?

Answer 18

Honduras

Question 19

Do Ladinos or Maya have a longer lifespan on average?

Answer 19

Ladino

Question 20

What family ruled Nicaragua with harsh dictators for forty-two years?

Answer 20

Somozas

Question 21

Many Hondurans cannot afford what two things?

Answer 21

Good food; Health care

Question 22

What is the capital of Guatemala?

Answer 22

Guatemala City

Question 23

More Hondurans are underemployed than are what?

Answer 23

Unemployed

Question 24

Most of the money from bananas grown in Honduras has gone where?

Answer 24

To United States companies

Question 25

The Western Hemisphere’s longest barrier reef is off the coast of what country?

Answer 25

Belize

Question 26

Many Maya people are what?

Answer 26

illiterate

Question 27

What is the capital of Belize?

Answer 27

Belmopan

Question 28

This country’s leading export is sugar

Answer 28

Belize

Question 29

Nine out of ten people are mestizo in this country

Answer 29

Honduras

Question 30

This country is the home of Maya and Ladinos people

Answer 30

Guatemala

Question 31

What two things do you find off the coast of Belize?

Answer 31

cays; barrier reefs

Question 32

Belize has more or less mountains than Guatemala and Honduras?

Answer 32

Less

Question 33

Belize is located where?

Answer 33

Southeastern Yucatan

Question 34

Most Guatemalans live in a pleasant weathered region called what?

Answer 34

Highlands

Question 35

More Hondurans are what than are unemployed?

Answer 35

Underemployed