Section 1
Which country has the highest point in the Caribbean South America region, and is larger than California and Texas combined?
Colombia
Some of the Guiana Highlands' steep-sided plateaus are capped by erosion-resistant sandstone layers. These strange flat-topped structures are known as what?
Tepuís
Which area receives year-round rain, feeding the forest's massive trees and generating a canopy so dense that sunlight hardly penetrates to the jungle floor?
Amazon Basin
What is the name of the colonial city that served as a key naval and commercial port for the Spanish Empire?
Cartagena
Which nation has the most population in Caribbean South America?
Colombia
Which country came to Venezuela in order to find gold and pearl?
Spanish
What is the name of how many languages the Native Americans speak?
25
What is the name of an organization that countries attempt to control world oil production and keep oil prices from falling too low
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
What is a group of workers stopping work until their demands are met
Strike
What does the name Guyana mean,it comes from a South American Indian word named?
Land of Waters
Which location within western Colombia has an elevation of 18,000 feet (5,490 meters)?
Andes
Venzuela's elevation drops between the highlands and the Andes. This area of plains is largely grassland with a few trees. These plains are prone to flooding due to their low elevation and lack of vegetation. What is this area known as?
Llanos
What are the principal crops grown in the Caribbean and South America?
rice, coffee, bananas, and sugarcane
People in Central and South America began fighting for independence from Spain in the late 18th century. What resulted after achieving independence?
The Republic of Gran Colombia
What is the name of the capital of Colombia, which is perched high in the eastern Andes?
Bogotá
What is the name of a plant used to make a deep blue dye.
Indigo
What is the name of Venezuela's national dance
Joropo
What is the name of an area rich in other minerals, such as iron ore for making steel
Guiana Highlands
What is a direct vote by the public,
Referendum
What is the name of Guyana capital?
Georgetown
What is the name for a mountain system composed of generally parallel ranges?
Cordillera
What is the name of the region's longest river, which flows roughly 1,600 miles (2,575 kilometers)?
Orinoco River
What are the names of the valuable resources of the Caribbean South America?
oil, iron ore, and coal
Which nations were part of Gran Colombia?
Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela
What is the name of a traditional Chibcha ring-toss game?
Tejo
Which president helped lead the fight against Spanish rule.
Simon Bolívar
What is a mineral that makes Colombia very rich
Oil
What is the name of Venezuela's capital?
Caracas
What date did Chavez died in?
March 5, 2013
Which country has resources similar to the ones in Guyana
Suriname
Which country on the Caribbean coast is located in the midst of the South American region?
Venezuela
The Orinoco and its tributaries drain the Andean plains and highlands. What are the names of those tributaries?
The Cauca and the Magdalena
What other title did El Dorado's mythology go by?
Golden One
What resulted with the dissolution of the Republic of Gran Colombia in 1830?
New Granada
What do members of an irregular military unit go by?
Guerrillas
What year did Venezuela get independence from the spanish rule
1830
What is the name of Venezuela's cowboys?
Llaneros
What year did Valenzuela get their first elected president.
1959
What is the name of a place which was colonized by other nations— Great Britain, the Netherlands, and France.
Guianas
What place has people not speaking Spanish, but Dutch, English, and some languages you dont recognize
Paramaribo
Where is Venezuela's highest elevation located, which extends into Guyana and Suriname?
Guiana Highlands
What's the name of a landscape that thrives in southern Colombia's humid tropical climate?
Rain forests
The legend of El Dorado revolved around a gold-rich land. What culture in Colombia originated this myth?
Chibcha
Which nations were part of New Granada?
Colombia and Panama
The majority of guerrillas cultivate illegal crops. What is the name of the plant that produces the hazardous narcotic cocaine?
Coca plant
Which country was ruled, and got independence in 1830
Venezuela
Which river is rich in oil?
Lake Maracaibo
Who started to distribute the country’s oil income equally among all Venezuelans.
Hugo Chavez
lands are located on the flat, fertile plains along the coast.
Guyana
Which country is a territory of France and sends representatives to the government of Paris.
French Guiana