The Flag
What are the three colors, of the bands, on the Bolivian flag?
Green, yellow, and red
Bolivia doesn't border the ocean. What is the term used for a country that has no coastline?
landlocked
La Paz is the world's highest capital. The height is so extreme that typically visitors find themselves short of breath and experience altitude sickness. What is used to beat this sickness?
Coca leaves
The Yungas Highway at its narrowest point is only about the width of a __________.
A Vehicle
What is the Salar de Uyuni, found in the south, in the Potosi province?
The world's largest salt flat
Complete the sentence. Bolivía is one of the few countries that has a flag with a miniature version of its own ______________________
flag on its on flag
Where is Bolivia located?
South America
The air pressure is so light in La Paz, that many ___________ don't work.
Plasma TV's
Every year its estimated about _____-____ people die on the Yungas Highway alone.
200-300
What is the name of the largest lake in the world, shared with Peru?
Lake Titicaca
What is the type of bird is on the top of the Bolivian flag?
The condor
How many countries border Bolivia
5
What mountain range is La Paz tucked away in?
Andes or Andean Mountains
Physical geography- To the west are the snow caped Andes and to the east you enter _______________________________________
Hot humid wet pampas or rainforest
Bolivia doesn't border the ocean. but it still has a ______________.
Navy
What is the name of the flag, recognized as a symbol, for the indigenous people of Bolivia?
The Wiphala
What are the 2 capitals of Bolivia?
La Paz & Sucre
If you head west from La Paz you pass through the driest desert in the world called ___________.
the Atacama
True or False
Bolivia is the most sparsely populated county of all of South America.
True
Name 3 cash crops
Coffee, Cotton, & Coca
The Wiphala is also referenced towards the indigenous people called the __________ which make up a huge population of the country.
The Aymara
Name the 5 countries that border Bolivia.
Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina & Chile
The Yungas highway is known as the (Spanish)________
Calle del muerte
Bolivia's interior is widely untouched and uncultivated you could book an eco tour and fish for _________, feed wild __________, and swim with _____________.
piranhas, monkeys, and pink river dolphins
Name one of the two countries Mrs. Salinas' son just visited on his field trip?
Austria & Slovakia