606 Quiz 2 Flashcards
Another name for the Garifuna is what?
Black Caribs
Most of Belize’s food is grown where today?
in Belize
Who opposed the Somozas in Nicaragua and won power from them?
Sandinistas
What is the capital of Honduras?
Tegucigalpa
This country’s leading export is banannas
Honduras
Be able to match these countries/places from a map
Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Mexico; El Salvador; Nicaragua; Pacific Ocean; Caribbean Sea
Who was the Costa Rican president who used diplomacy to work for peace in Central America?
Oscar Arias Sanchez
Guatemala’s hot, humid, rolling plateau region is called what?
The Peten (your teacher lived here for over a year!)
A mixed language spoken by Belizeans is called what?
Creole
Belize was settled by what group of people?
The British
Who opposed the Sandinistas in Nicaragua and received help from the United States?
Contras
Many Russian Mennonite settled in this country
Belize
Where do one-fourth of Belizeans live?
Belize City
Who was the Guatemalan president who worked for Central American peace in the 1990s?
Alvara Arzu Irigoyen
The official language of Belize is what?
English
What country is home to the Quetzal?
Guatemala
Many tourists scuba dive near the coast of this country
Belize
What country is the second largest country in Central America?
Honduras
Do Ladinos or Maya have a longer lifespan on average?
Ladino
What family ruled Nicaragua with harsh dictators for forty-two years?
Somozas
Many Hondurans cannot afford what two things?
Good food; Health care
What is the capital of Guatemala?
Guatemala City
More Hondurans are underemployed than are what?
Unemployed
Most of the money from bananas grown in Honduras has gone where?
To United States companies
The Western Hemisphere’s longest barrier reef is off the coast of what country?
Belize
Many Maya people are what?
illiterate
What is the capital of Belize?
Belmopan
This country’s leading export is sugar
Belize
Nine out of ten people are mestizo in this country
Honduras
This country is the home of Maya and Ladinos people
Guatemala
What two things do you find off the coast of Belize?
cays; barrier reefs
Belize has more or less mountains than Guatemala and Honduras?
Less
Belize is located where?
Southeastern Yucatan
Most Guatemalans live in a pleasant weathered region called what?
Highlands
More Hondurans are what than are unemployed?
Underemployed
