CENTRAL AMERICA Flashcards

1
Q

Is the southernmost region of
North America. It divides between
Mexico and South America, and it
includes the countries Panama,
Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras,
El Salvador, Guatemala, and Belize.

A

CENTRAL AMERICA

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2
Q

The country of southern North
America and the third largest
country in Latin America, after
Brazil and Argentina.

A

Mexico (United Mexican States)

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3
Q

is the oldest capital in the Americas and has
been continuously inhabited for nearly 700 years

A

Mexico City

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4
Q

POPULAR STATES OF MEXICO

A

Jalisco
The State Of Mexico

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5
Q

MOST VISITED ATTRACTIONS IN MEXICO

A

Cancún and the Mayan Riviera
Puerto Vallarta
Guanajuato

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6
Q

LEAST VISITED ATTRACTIONS IN MEXICO

A

Bacalar
San Francisco de Campeche
La Paz

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7
Q

generally
regarded as having the most
stable and most democratic
government

A

COSTA RICA

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8
Q

the largest city and the capital of Costa Rica

A

San Jose

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9
Q

POPULAR STATES OF COSTA RICA

A

Cartago
Heredia

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10
Q

MOST VISITED ATTRACTIONS IN COSTA RICA

A

Manuel Antonio National Park
Arenal volcano
The cloud forest

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11
Q

LEAST VISITED ATTRACTIONS IN COSTA RICA

A

Playa Negra and Playa Avellanas
Santa Teresa
Puerto Jimenez

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12
Q

The people of Costa Rica are called?

A

Ticos
Use the phrase pura vida (“pure life”) in their
everyday speech

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13
Q

one of the most popular
places in Central America

A

Honduras

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14
Q

City and capital of the Republic of Honduras.

A

tegucigalpa

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15
Q

POPULAR STATES OF HONDURAS

A

La paz
Santa Barbara

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16
Q

MOST VISITED ATTRACTIONS IN HONDURAS

A

Roatan
Gumbalimba Park
Copan

17
Q

LEAST VISITED ATTRACTIONS IN HONDURAS

A

Cayos Cochinos
Parque Nacional Jeanette Kawas
Pico Bonito National Park

18
Q

owns one of the oldest
clocks in the world?

A

Honduras

19
Q

It is the
largest of the Central American
republics

A

Nicaragua

20
Q

comes from the Nahuatl “managuac, “and means “Surrounded by Ponds.

A

Managua

21
Q

POPULAR STATES OF NICARAGUA

A

Boaca
Jinotega

22
Q

MOST VISITED ATTRACTIONS IN NICARAGUA

A

Granada
San Juan del Sur
Leon

23
Q

This city is called the
intellectual capital of the country

A

Leon

24
Q

LEAST VISITED ATTRACTIONS IN NICARAGUA

A

Laguna De Apoyo
Cerro Negro
Somoto Canyon

25
Q

the only freshwater lake
in the world that has existing sharks

A

Lake Nicaragua