Row 1
The highest point in the region is in where, a country larger than California and Texas combined?
Colombia
What creates a dramatic landscape as they rise about 3,000 to 6,000 feet (900 to 1,800 m) above the surrounding plains?
Tepuís
what has rain falls throughout the year, watering the forest’s huge trees. These trees form a canopy where the vegetation is so dense that sunlight barely shines through to the jungle floor what is this place?
Amazon Basin
One colonial city, what, was a major naval base and commercial port in the Spanish empire?
Cartagena
what is Caribbean South America’s most populous country?
Colombia
These reach 18,000 feet these form a cordillera what has snowcapped peaks that are active volcanoes. Eruptions and earthquakes shake these mountains frequently?
Andes
What is mostly grassland with few trees. At a low elevation and not much vegetation, these plains flood easily?
Llanos
Good soil and moderate climates help make most of Caribbean South America a rich agricultural region. Major crops include what?
rice, coffee, bananas, and sugarcane
In the late 1700s people in Central and South America began struggling for independence from Spain. After independence was achieved, what was created?
The Republic of Gran Colombia
What is the capital of Colombia?
Bogotá
What is a mountain system made up of roughly parallel ranges?
Cordillera
Flowing for about 1,600 miles (2,575 km), the what is the region’s longest river. Snaking its way through Venezuela to the Atlantic Ocean, and its tributaries drain the plains and highlands?
Orinoco River
In addition, the region has other valuable resources, such as what?
oil, iron ore, and coal
When Gran Colombia was created it included what?
Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela
soccer, as well as a traditional Chibcha ring-toss game called what?
Tejo
What is located in the middle of the other countries in the region?
Venezuela
What are two other important rivers and they drain the Andean region.
The Cauca and the Magdalena
What does El Dorado mean.
Golden One
In 1830 the republic dissolved, and what was created?
New Granada
what is a, members of an irregular military force?
Guerrillas
Venezuela’s highest elevation is in the where which stretch into Guyana and Suriname.?
Guiana Highlands
What is another type of landscape, thriving in the humid tropical climate of southern Colombia. This area is a part of the Amazon Basin. Here, rain falls throughout the year, watering the forest’s huge trees. These trees form a canopy where the vegetation is so dense that sunlight barely shines through to the jungle floor.
Rain forests
The who covered their new rulers in gold dust. Then they took each ruler to a lake to wash the gold off. As the new ruler washed, they threw gold and emerald objects into the water. A well-developed civilization, they practiced pottery making, weaving, and metalworking. Their gold objects were among the finest in ancient America?
Chibcha
When New Granada was created it involved what?
Colombia and Panama
All of these groups are also involved in growing crops of the illegal what. This plant is used to make cocaine, a dangerous drug?
Coca plant