Academic Vocabulary Quiz L7 1

In 2007, Panama initiated a major building program to expand the Panama Canal so it can accept larger cargo ships.

• voted for

• funded

• wrapped up

• began

The landforms of Central America are similar to those found in south central Mexico.

• smaller

• simpler

• comparable

• different

Under normal circumstances, the air at high elevations has less oxygen than air at sea level.

• conditions

• climates

• altitudes

• appearances

The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire completely transformed life in Mexico.

• enlarged

• changed

• translated

• transferred

One feature of Maya culture was the great cities that they built.

The volcanoes of Central America bring great benefit to the soil so that it is more productive.

• agriculture

• improvement

• chemicals

• damage