Central American/Caribbean History

Question 1

Spanish conquerors of Latin America..

Answer 1

Conquistadors

Question 2

Main reason for building the Panama Canal..

Answer 2

to be able to get U.S. military ships from one ocean to the other quickly

Question 3

Forced bondage and servitude..

Answer 3

Slavery

Question 4

Name referring to all indigenous people of Central America..

Answer 4

Mesoamericans

Question 5

Sovereign ruler of great power and rank..

Answer 5

Emperor

Question 6

Peaceful tribe with no word for war..

Answer 6

Arawak Indians

Question 7

Cannibalistic tribe that conquered the Caribbean..

Answer 7

Carib Indians

Question 8

People from one country who build a settlement in another territory..

Answer 8

Colony/Colonists

Question 9

First settled and stable communities that became the basis for later nations..

Answer 9

Civilization

Question 10

Originating in a specific area..

Answer 10

Indigenous

Question 11

Year the Panama Canal was completed and opened..

Answer 11

1914

Question 12

President that made sure the Panama Canal was built..

Answer 12

Teddy Roosevelt

Question 13

Before Panama was its own country, the actual land belonged to what nation?

Answer 13

Columbia

Question 14

You need to know where each of these countries are on a map: Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Belize, Panama, Hondurus, and El Salvador..

Answer 14

Yes, I know Guatemala-Guacamole, Nicked finger on Nicaragua, Coast down Costa Rica, Belize sticks out like a sore thumb, Panama has a canal, El Salvador has tiny word and tiny nation.

Question 15

You need to know what the flags look like for these countries: Honduras, Panama, and Costa Rica..

Answer 15

Yes, I know Honduras has 5 stars, Panama has the little canal running between the two star squares, and Costa Rica has the big red streak down the middle.

Question 16

Disease carried by mosquitoes that made building the Panama Canal very difficult..

Answer 16

Malaria

Question 17

Country that helped Panama become a nation..

Answer 17

United States