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15 Cards in this Set
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when was the panama canal constructed?
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1914
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how many miles did the panama canal save on for the boats?
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6000 miles
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is the panama canal still used today?
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yes
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when did panama get control over the canal?
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1974
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did the united states help build the canal?
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yes
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has Nicaragua's past been peaceful?
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no, they have had many wars in the past. They adopted a constitution in 1995 which has since lead to peace.
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what is a big change in Nicaragua?
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The government no longer censors the media.
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what country has great language diversity?
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guatemala
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what languages are spoken in guatemala?
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spanish, maya, indigenous languges
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what countries were at was in 1980 and 1990
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Nicaragua, guatemala and el salvador
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what did people fight about?
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la libertad de palabra, la libertad de prensa
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where did the exiles from these wars go?
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Canada, Mexica, the United States and Europe
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Who won the nobel peace prize in 1992? Why?
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Rigoberta Menchu for his book Me Llamo Rigoberta Menchu a reflection on the injustice of the indigenous people of guatemala.
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What happened in the 1990s?
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The wars stopped.
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What are the countries in central america?
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belice, guatemala, el salvador, costa rica, nicaragua, honduras, panama, honduras
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