1.	Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula was part of the Mesoamerican culture hearth that gave rise to the _________ civilization, which reached its height from the 4th and 10th centuries A.D. Answer:

2.	The Spanish conqueror whose 508 soldiers helped engineer the downfall of the Aztec empire in 1519-21 was __________. Answer:

3.	Besides Europe, the continent that most contributed to the shaping of Caribbean cultures is __________. Answer:

4.	___________ is the term applied to people of mixed white and African background. Answer:

5.	Middle America's largest country today, in both area and population size, is ________. Answer:

6.	The Yucatán Peninsula is a part of the country of ___________. Answer:

7.	The Central American country that experienced the Sandinista Revolution in 1979 is ________. Answer:

8.	The "Switzerland of Central America," the region's only truly democratic republic, is ______. Answer:

9.	The lowest-lying attitudinal zone of agricultural activity, extending from sea level to an elevation of 2500 feet (750 meters), is the Tierra __________. Answer:

10.	The Dominican Republic and Haiti together occupy the island of __________. Answer:

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