Recovery Quiz 1- Sovereignty

Label the countries on this map of the Americas.

Belize is bordered by Mexico to the north, ______________ to the west and south and the ______________ to the east.

• Caribbean Sea, Guatemala

• Guatemala, Caribbean Sea

Belize is considered a nation state.

• True

• False

In what year did Christopher Columbus "discover" the New World?

• 1592

• 1492

______________________ discovered the Panama and the Pacific Ocean in 1513.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Hernan Cortez

________________ journeyed to Mexico and conquered the Aztecs in _______.

• Francisco Pizarro, 1531

• Hernan Cortez, 1519

In 1531, _______________ conquered the Incas in Peru.

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Pizarro

By the mid 1500, Spanish had colonized Belize, Japan and North Korea.

• True

• False

Spain inhabited British Honduras from the 18th century.

• True

• False

This area known as Belize was once called ________________.

• British Honduras

• Peten