WorksheetsCentral America 7.2
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who built a civilization in Central America before the Spanish arrived?
a)
Inca
b)
Maya
c)
Spanish
d)
Frencn
2.
Which country in the region did not gain independence until 1981?
a)
Guatemala
b)
Belize
c)
Honduras
d)
Costa Rica
3.
What is the official language of Belize?
a)
Spanish
b)
Native Indian Langages
c)
English
d)
German
4.
Which is the most populous country in Central America?
a)
Panama
b)
El Salvador
c)
Nicaragua
d)
Guetemala
5.
Which country in Central America has a history of peace?
a)
Nicaragua
b)
El Salvador
c)
Costa Rica
d)
Panama
6.
Why are most people in Central America Roman Catholic?
a)
Spanish missionaries taught the Native Indians about Catholicism
b)
English missionaries taught the Natives about Catholicism
c)
Most people in Central America are not Roman Catholic
d)
None of the Choices are correct
7.
Spanish and Indian Cultures have blended in Central America?
a)
True
b)
False
8.
The Panama Canal provides a link between what bodies of water?
a)
Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico
b)
Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea
c)
Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea
d)
Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian OCean
9.
Who currently controls the Panama Canal?
a)
the United States
b)
Spain
c)
Panama
d)
Mexico
10.
Most of Central America came under the control of the Europeans, they established ___________ to grow crops such as tobacco and sugar cane.
a)
ecotourism
b)
ranches
c)
plantations
d)
missions
11.
Why did the people in the region object to large foreign owned companies?
a)
They didn't like the goods they were producing
b)
they thought it was wrong that only a few people should own so much land while many people struggled to earn a living
c)
they did not object to the large foreign owned companies
d)
they didn't like the pollution and smog that was created by those companies
12.
Belize is one country in Central America that supports its economy with _________, using it's natural environment to attract tourists.
a)
civil war
b)
plantations
c)
independence
d)
ecotourism
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