Lecture 1

Question 1

Where is Belize located?

Answer 1

1) In Central America, on the Caribbean Sea

Question 2

What countries does Belize share a border with?

Answer 2

1) Mexico
2) Guatemala
3) Honduras (water border)

Question 3

What is the capital of Belize?

Answer 3

Belmopan

Question 4

Largest city in Belize?

Answer 4

Belize City

Question 5

What is the name of the place where will be snorkeling?

Answer 5

Ambergris Caye

Question 6

The 6 districts of Belize

Answer 6

1) Corozal
2) Orange Walk
3) Cayo
4) Toledo
5) Stann Creek
6) Belize

Question 7

What years did British Honduras exist?

Answer 7

1786ish - 1973

Question 8

In what year did Belize (British Honduras at the time) become a self-governing colony?

Answer 8

1964

Question 9

What year did Belize get its name

Answer 9

1973

Question 10

In what year did Belize become an independent country?

Answer 10

1981

Question 10

What does “Belize” mean in Mayan

Answer 10

muddy water

Question 11

Up until what year was British Honduras a British Crown Colony?

Answer 11

1964

Question 12

T/F: British Honduras also had a Spanish flag due to parts of the land being contested area between the British and Spanish

Answer 12

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Question 13

Who is the symbolic head of state of Belize?

Answer 13

King Charles III (“King of Belize”)

Question 14

T/F: Belize still has some sort of relationship with the British Crown, which is often protested against

Answer 14

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Question 15

What monarch is on the Belize currency

Answer 15

Queen Elizabeth II

Question 16

1 USD is equivalent to how many Belizean dollars?

Answer 16

2

Question 17

What country was the center of the Mayan Civilization?

Answer 17

Belize

Question 18

During what years was the Mayan Civilization at its peak?

Answer 18

about 1500 BC to 1000 AD

Question 19

T/F: Mayan culture still influences much of Central American today

Answer 19

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Question 20

In what year did the Mayan start to see a decline?

Answer 20

900 AD

Question 21

In what 5 Central American countries did the Mayan live?

Answer 21

1) Mexico
2) Belize
3) Guatemala
4) Honduras
5) El Salvador

Question 22

What 2 religious groups have strongly impacted Belize?

Answer 22

1) Mennonites
2) SDA (7th Day Advents)

Question 23

Characteristics of the Mennonites in Belize

Answer 23

1) German origin
2) Move as an entire community
3) Major role in agriculture
4) Live in Belize untaxed
5) 4% of Belize pop. but provide 80% of agriculture

Question 24

Characteristics of SDA religious group

Answer 24

1) Major role in healthcare

Question 25

What percent of Belize is under some form of environmental protection?

Answer 25

37%

Question 26

What is the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor?

Answer 26

1) A proposed area of land (spanning from Guatemala to Panama) that would allow wildlife to easily migrate
2) Proposed in 1990s, still minimal action taken

Question 27

What country was one of the first to ban bottom trawling?

Answer 27

Belize

Question 28

What is bottom trawling?

Answer 28

1) Type of fishing that involves dragging a net along the bottom of the ocean floor
2) Very damaging to coral reefs and disrupts sediment and bottom-dwelling marine life
3) 40-90% of unwanted catch are thrown back

Question 29

Impacts of “gill netting”

Answer 29

1) Very damaging to wildlife
2) Strongly discouraged/illegal
3) Belize government offers alternative fishing equipment to those who turn-in illegal gear

Question 30

Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS)

Answer 30

1) Extends from Mexico to Honduras, in the Caribbean Sea
2) Second larger barrier reef system in the world

Question 31

What is the name of the popular diving hole in Belize?

Answer 31

The Blue Hole

Question 32

T/F: Plantations were NOT allowed in Belize, but African slaves were still imported to harvest mahogany

Answer 32

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Question 33

What is the culture in Central America that is composed of African, Caribbean, and Spanish heritage?

Answer 33

Kriol

Question 34

What is the name of the group of Carib people of lesser Antilles and people of African descent?

Answer 34

Garifuna

Question 35

4 of the most common Belizean export

Answer 35

1) Wood (mahogany)
2) Bananas
3) Oranges
4) Tourism (top)