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606 Quiz 2 Flashcards

1
Q

Another name for the Garifuna is what?

A

Black Caribs

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2
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Most of Belize’s food is grown where today?

A

in Belize

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3
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Who opposed the Somozas in Nicaragua and won power from them?

A

Sandinistas

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4
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What is the capital of Honduras?

A

Tegucigalpa

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5
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This country’s leading export is banannas

A

Honduras

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6
Q

Be able to match these countries/places from a map

A

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

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7
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Who was the Costa Rican president who used diplomacy to work for peace in Central America?

A

Oscar Arias Sanchez

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8
Q

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

A

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

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9
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A mixed language spoken by Belizeans is called what?

A

Creole

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10
Q

Belize was settled by what group of people?

A

The British

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11
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Who opposed the Sandinistas in Nicaragua and received help from the United States?

A

Contras

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12
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Many Russian Mennonite settled in this country

A

Belize

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13
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Where do one-fourth of Belizeans live?

A

Belize City

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14
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Who was the Guatemalan president who worked for Central American peace in the 1990s?

A

Alvara Arzu Irigoyen

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15
Q

The official language of Belize is what?

A

English

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16
Q

What country is home to the Quetzal?

17
Q

Many tourists scuba dive near the coast of this country

18
Q

What country is the second largest country in Central America?

19
Q

Do Ladinos or Maya have a longer lifespan on average?

20
Q

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

21
Q

Many Hondurans cannot afford what two things?

A

Good food; Health care

22
Q

What is the capital of Guatemala?

A

Guatemala City

23
Q

More Hondurans are underemployed than are what?

A

Unemployed

24
Q

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

A

To United States companies

25
Q

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

26
Q

Many Maya people are what?

A

illiterate

27
Q

What is the capital of Belize?

28
Q

This country’s leading export is sugar

29
Q

Nine out of ten people are mestizo in this country

30
Q

This country is the home of Maya and Ladinos people

31
Q

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

A

cays; barrier reefs

32
Q

Belize has more or less mountains than Guatemala and Honduras?

33
Q

Belize is located where?

A

Southeastern Yucatan

34
Q

Most Guatemalans live in a pleasant weathered region called what?

35
Q

More Hondurans are what than are unemployed?

A

Underemployed

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