2. Who was the first Spanish explorer to found a settlement in Nicaragua? Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba Jose Santos Zelaya Pedrarias Davila Ponce de Leon Vasco Nuņez de Balboa
3. Of these cities, which was the first to be founded by the Spanish? Granada Managua Masaya
4. An American mercenary named Cornelius Vanderbilt once took over the Nicaraguan government and set himself up as president. True False
5. Augusto C. Sandino was a guerrilla warrior who was responsible for driving the occupying US soldiers from Nicaragua in the early 1930s. True False
6. The Somoza family ruled Nicaragua from the: early 1920s to the late 1960s early 1930s to the mid 1970s early 1940s to the mid 1970s early 1940s to the late 1960s early 1950s to the mid 1970s
7. The Somozas passed the office of the presidency between them so that one of them was always the acting president. True False
8. All three of the Somozas were assassinated. True False
9. The Sandinista revolution took place in order to drive Daniel Ortega from office. True False
10. The Contras were a group of guerilla warriors who rebelled against the Sandinistas. True False
11. When did the Sandinista's leave power? 1983 1985 1990 1992 1995
12. Violeta Chamorro was a Sandinista loyalist who pretended to be democratic until she was elected. True False
13. Who is the leader of the FSLN (Sandinista) party? Arnoldo Aleman Augusto Sandino Daniel Ortega Jose Santos Zelaya Violeta Chamorro
14. Who is the president of Nicaragua? Arnoldo Aleman Enrique Delgadillo Jose Santos Zelaya Lino Gutierrez Violeta Chamorro
15. During what period of time did Nicaragua's inflation rate once reach 10,000 percent? 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
16. Nicaragua's national debt is between: 1 and 2 billion dollars 2 and 5 billion dollars 5 and 20 billion dollars 20 and 50 billion dollars
17. Nicaragua's gross domestic product (GDP) is between: 1 and 2 billion dollars 2 and 5 billion dollars 5 and 20 billion dollars 20 and 50 billion dollars
18. Nicaragua's economic growth rate exceeded 5 percent in 1997. True False
19. Nicaragua earns most of its income from tourism at its geographical attractions and manufacturing. True False
20. There are few big manufacturing industries which mass-produce complicated items like automobiles and electronics. True False
21. Nicaragua's most important export is which of these: Automobiles Coffee Electronics Processed Foods Rice Sugar Cane
22. Nicaragua is located to the south of which of these countries? Columbia Costa Rica Ecuador Honduras Panama
23. Nicaragua touches which of these oceans? Atlantic Pacific Both
24. The line of volcanoes in Nicaragua are on the west side of the nation. True False
25. Nicaragua has many dormant and active volcanoes, but no volcano has erupted in this decade. True False
26. Lake Nicaragua and Lake Managua are two lakes on the west coast of Nicargua. Both are about the same size but only Lake Managua has over 300 islets. True False
27. Nicaragua is a little bit bigger than Guatemala, but smaller than most other Central American nations. True False
28. The three most important cities in Nicaragua, historically, have been which of the following: Chinandega Granada Leon Managua Masaya Sandino
29. Managua has been destroyed by two earthquakes in the last century. True False
30. July is during the dry season. True False
31. The population is concentrated in: Center East West West and Center even distribution
32. About 50 percent of the population is Catholic with Protestant, Mormon, and Evangelical religions making up the other half. True False
33. The overall way of life, from religion and language to music, is standard throughout the country. True False
34. Who was Nicaragua's most famous poet? Antenor Hernadez Gioconda Belli Jose del Carmen Vega Ruben Dario Violeta Chamorro
35. Two years of military service are mandatory for all able-bodied males over 18. True False
36. The legal voting age is 16. True False
37. Telecommunications quality in Nicaragua is very low. The phone service works only some of the time and there are no cellular phone or pager services. True False
38. There is one 4-lane highway, the Pan-American, which passes through Nicaragua and achieves the quality of a US interstate highway. True False
39. There are more than 10 universities in Nicaragua. True False