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Mexico and Central America
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What is a hollow clay or papier-mache container shaped in the form of an animal?
pinata
fiesta
serape
siesta
2
Where can you still see Mayan ruins on the Yucatan peninsula?
Mexico City
Tulum
Copan
Chichen Itza
3
What connects the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean?
Pacific Canal
Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Isthmus of Panama
Panama Canal
4
Mexico, Central America and the West Indies are often called what?
Caribbean America
In Between States
Central America
Middle America
5
What was the first great civilization of the Western Hemisphere?
Aztecs
Mayas
Toltecs
6
What tree's wax is used to make shoe polish, car and floor wax, candy and crayons?
rosewood tree
sapodilla
candelilla
pine tree
7
What early Indian group built a powerful empire with a magnificent capital at Tenochtitlan?
Toltecs
Mayas
Aztecs
8
What river separates the United States and Mexico?
Colorado River
Rio Grande
Mexican River
Mississippi River
9
People of Mexico are divided into 3 groups, what are they?
Indians, Europeans, and mestizos
Mexicans, American, and Indians
Aztecs, Mayans, Mestizos
Americans, Europeans, and Texans
10
What is a narrow strip of land lying between Mexico and South America?
Central America
Middle America
Panama
Latin America
11
What landform lies between the mountain ranges in Mexico?
Mexican Plateau
Mexican Desert
Mexican Coastal Plain
Mexican Plains
12
What is one of Mexico's greatest natural resource?
petroleum
natural gas
gold
volcanic ash
13
What is a hat with a tall, wide brim?
siesta
baseball hat
cowboy hat
sombrero
14
Aztec emperor that was defeated by Cortes?
Christopher Columbus
Hernando Cortes
Montezuma
Mestizos
15
What is the most densely populated country in Central America?
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
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What is a special celebration that can last several days?
fiesta
siesta
poncho
pinata
17
What is the capital of Mexico and the largest city in the country?
San Antonio
Guadalajara
Monterrey
Mexico City
18
Spanish explorer who discovered Mexico in 1517?
Montezuma
Hernando Cortes
Christopher Columbus
19
What is the western mountain range in Mexico?
Sierra Madre Oriental
Sierra Nevada
Sierra Madre Occidental
Andes Mountains
20
What is the main religion of Latin America?
Christian
Protestantism
Jewish
Roman Catholicism
21
What is the most intelligent monkey in the Western Hemisphere?
capuchin
howler
squirrel
spider
22
What country has the largest population of any other Central American country?
Honduras
Guatemala
Panama
El Salvador
23
What is Mexico's highest point?
Mt. Whitney
Mt. St. Helen's
Mt. Mexico
Citlaltepetl
24
What country is known as the "Crossroads of the World"?
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Mexico
Panama
25
What are the 2 peninsulas in Mexico?
Yucatan and Texas
Yucatan and Panama
Baja and Florida
Baja and Yucatan
26
What is the only nocturnal monkey?
spider monkey
howler
Capuchin
douroucouli
27
What country is the location of Copan, the ancient Mayan city.
Nicaragua
Honduras
Mexico
Panama
28
Mexico leads the world in the mining and production of what mineral?
Gold
sulfur
copper
Silver
29
What country is the only Central American country that does not have a Pacific Coast?
Honduras
Belize
El Salvador
Costa Rica
30
What is the richest country in Central America because it has been more peaceful and no wars?
El Salvador
Panama
Belize
Costa Rica
31
What is the most industrialized nation in Central America?
Panama
El Salvador
Belize
Costa Rica
32
What tree's sap is one of the major ingredients in chewing gum?
candelilla
pine tree
sapodilla
tropical gum tree
33
What is the only Central American country that has English as the main language?
Panama
Nicaragua
Belize
Guatemala
34
What man worked for 10 years to conquer malaria while building the Panama Canal?
Balboa
Christopher Columbus
Hernando Cortes
William Gorgas
35
What is the major export of every Central American country?
bananas
cacao
coffee
sugar
36
What line of latitude runs through the middle of Mexico?
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
37
What is a nap, used to avoid activity during the hottest part of the day?
sleepesta
siesta
napesta
fiesta
38
What city in Mexico is the center for the steel industry?
Monterrey
Mexico City
Guadalajara
Cabo San Lucas
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What is the eastern mountain range in Mexico?
Sierra Nevada
Sierra Madre Oriental
Citlaltepetl
Sierra Madre Occidental
40
What separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Pacific Ocean?
Panama Canal
Central America
Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Isthmus of Panama
41
What is a public meeting place where merchants and farmers sell their goods?
town square
plaza
courthouse
42
What is a square or diamond shape cloth with a hole cut for the head?
pinata
fiesta
nacho
poncho
43
What is the smallest country in the Western Hemisphere that is not an island?
Virgin Islands
Rhode Island
Belize
El Salvador
44
What is the largest cat native to the Western Hemisphere?
Mountain Lion
Panter
Jaguar
Jaguarundi
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What is a large poisonous snake of Central America?
boa constrictor
bush hunter
bushmaster
rattlesnake
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What is the poorest country in Central America?
Panama
Honduras
Costa Rica
Belize
47
What is Central America's largest county?
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Belize
Panama
48
What is the smallest wild cat in the Western Hemisphere?
jaguar
coati
douroucouli
jaguarundi
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What is the largest lake in Central America?
Lake Superior
Grande Lake
Lake Nicaragua
Lake Honduras