New World History & Geography Test 13

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capital of Guatemala

Guatemala City

second oldest nation in Western Hemisphere

Haiti

second largest island in West Indies

Hispaniola

first European city in the Americas

Isabela

Island of Springs

Jamaica

people drive on the left side of the road

Jamaica

Largest lake in Central America

Lake Nicaragua

Built the first great civilization in the Western Hemisphere

Mayas

capital of Mexico

Mexico City

The center for Mexico's steel industry

Monterrey

volcano that erupted in 1902, destroyed St. Pierre

Mount Pelee

largest country in Central America

Nicaragua

Columbus discovered the New World

October 12, 1492

capital of Panama

Panama City

The corn field that became a volcano

Paricutin

highest peak in West Indies

Pico Duarte

the West Indian island whose residents are United States citizens

Puerto Rico

natural river boundary between Mexico & Texas

Rio Grande

where Columbus landed in the New World

San Salvador

one of Mexico's main mountain ranges

Sierra Madre Occidental

capital of Honduras

Teguciagalpa

smallest bird in the world

bee hummingbird

most intelligent monkey of the Western Hemisphere

capuchin monkey

Mexican celebration

fiesta

largest sea shell in the Americas

horse conch

largest cat native to the Western Hemisphere

jaguar

fish with a spearlike snout

marlin

Grenada is leading producer of

nutmeg

Mexico's most important natural resource

petroleum

fixed allowance of food or drink

rations

Mexico leads the world in the mining and production of

silver

tall hat with a wide brim

sombrero

established a powerful empire in Mexico

Aztec Indians

The island where Columbus first landed

Bahamas

2 peninsulas that are part of Mexico

Baja California & Yucatan Peninsula

farthest east of all West Indian islands

Barbados

capital of Belize

Belmopan

conquered malaria

Colonel William Gorgas

explorer who defeated the Aztecs

Cortes

first Communist dictatorship in Western Hemisphere

Cuba

most mountainous country of the West Indies

Dominican Republic

Isle of Spice

Grenada


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