| A | B |
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| primary direction you would travel to reach Mexico from the United States | south |
| indians who established a powerful empire in Mexico | Aztecs |
| three important foods produced by early Mexico | corn, beans and chocolate |
| Spanish explorer that defeated the Aztecs | Cortes |
| tall hat with a wide brim that Mexican men wear as traditional dress | sombrero |
| Mexican celbration of special event | fiesta |
| one of Mexico's main mountain ranges | Sierra Madre Occidental |
| two peninsulas that are a part of Mexico are Baja California and what? | Yucatan Peninsula |
| Mexico and US had a dispute over land that is now called what? | Texas |
| one of Mexico's most important natural resources | petroleum |
| largest cat native to Western Hemisphere | jaguar |
| most intelligent monkey of the Wetern Hemisphere | capuchin |
| built first great civilization in Western Hemisphere | Mayas |
| corn field that became a volcano | Paricutin |
| largest lake in Central America | Lake Nicaragua |
| Capital of Belize | Belmopan |
| Capital of Guatemala | Guatemala City |
| captial of Mexico | Mexico City |
| capital of Panama | Panama City |
| captial of Honduras | Tegucigalpa |
| river that is a natural boundary between part of Mexico and Texas | Rio Grande |
| man who conquered malaria | Col. William Gorgas |
| when Columbus discovered New World | October 12, 1492 |
| where columbus landed in New World | San Salvador |
| first European city in the Americas | Isabella |
| largest shells found in the Americas | horse conch |
| fish found in Caribbean waters that has a spearlike snout | marlin |
| volcano that erupted in 1902 destroying town of St. Pierre | Mt. Pelee |
| highest peak in West Indies | Pico Duarte |
| spice which Grenada is leading producer | nutmeg |
| smallest bird in the world | bee hummingbird |
| fixed daily allowances of food or drink | rations |
| West Indian island whose residents are US citizens | Puerto Rico |
| island whose name means "Island of Springs" | Jamaica |
| second largest island in West Indies and home of two countries | Hispaniola |
| second oldest independent nation in Western Hemisphere | Haiti |
| most mountainous country of the West Indies | Dominican Republic |
| island group on which Columbus first landed | Bahamas |
| only US possession where people drive on the left side of the road | US Virgin Islands |
| Island called "Isle of Spice" | Greneda |
| island that lies farthest east of all West Indian islands | Barbados |
| largest island in West Indies | Cuba |
