Section 1
Giant mounds of earth, mysterious statues, and tombs these are the marks of the people who lived in this country. what is the country?
Colombia
This creates a dramatic landscape as they rise about 3,000 to 6,000 feet (900 to 1,800 m) above the surrounding plains.
Tepuís
Here, rain falls throughout the year, watering the forest’s huge trees. What area is this known as?
Amazon Basin
One colonial city was a major naval base and commercial port in the Spanish empire. What colonial city was it?
Cartagena
After independence, two different groups of Colombians debated over how what should be run?
Colombia
What cordillera (kawr-duhl-yer -uh), a mountain system made up of roughly parallel ranges?
Andes
______ is mostly grassland with few trees. At a low elevation and not much vegetation, these plains flood easily.
Llanos
Major crops include rice 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
Colombia is Caribbean South America’s most populous country. The national capital is known as what and a city located in the eastern Andes?
Bogotá
The Andes form mountain system made up of roughly parallel ranges what is this mountain system called?
Cordillera
Flowing for about 1,600 miles (2,575 km), the what is the region’s longest river?
Orinoco River
The region has other valuable resources, such as what?
oil, iron ore, and coal
The republic of Gran Colombia was created which included?
Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela
A traditional Chibcha ring-toss game called what?
Tejo
The Guiana Highlands, which stretch into Guyana and Suriname is located?
Venezuela
Two other important rivers that drain the Andean region are known as?
The Cauca and the Magdalena
That legend about a land rich in gold was inspired by the Chibcha culture in Colombia. The Chibcha covered their new rulers in gold dust. Then they took each ruler to a lake to wash the gold off. What is this legend's name translated into English?
Golden One
In 1830 the republic dissolved as well as what?
New Granada
These people want to overthrow the government. They, as well as other militant groups, have forced farmers off their land and caused thousands of Colombians to flee the country. What are theses people known as?
Guerrillas
Venezuela’s highest elevation which stretch into Guyana and Suriname is known as?
Guiana Highlands
This landscape, thrives in the humid tropical climate of southern Colombia. What is this landscape known as?
Rain forests
Have you heard of the legend of El Dorado (el duh-rah-doh), or the Golden One? That legend about a land rich in gold was inspired by what culture in Colombia?
Chibcha
In 1830 the republic dissolved, and New Granada, which included what?
Colombia and Panama
These groups are also involved in growing crops of the illegal. This plant is used to make cocaine, a dangerous drug. What plant is it?
Coca plant