Statistics for Central America Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Natural disaster that is common in the region and devastated Managua in 1931 and 1972	Earthquake	100%
Which language is predominantly spoken in Belize?	English	100%
Which geographical term, meaning "small strip that connects to larger areas", describes Central America?	Isthmus	100%
Which kind of waterway was opened by Americans in 1914 in Panama?	Canal	92%
Coastal region named for an Indian tribe (think of blood-sucking insects)	Mosquito Coast	92%
Largest city in Central America	Guatemala City	69%
What did Costa Rica abolish in 1949?	Its Military	69%
Pyramid-building civilization that was present in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras and El Salvador	Maya	69%
2008 US presidential candidate who was born on a military base in Panama	John McCain	54%
Panamian leader and trafficker who was removed after the 1989 US invasion	Manuel Noriega	54%
Ethnic term that describes people with mixed European and Indigenous descent	Mestizo	54%
Leftist leader of Nicaragua (1979-1990; 2007-)	Daniel Ortega	46%
Which road stretching the American continents has a gap beginning in Panama?	Pan-American Highway	46%
Political party of that leader	Sandinistas	31%
Spanish colony that was ruled by Hernán Cortés	New Spain	8%