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
What European country came to the region to find gold and pearls, instead finding lots a agriculture opportunities?
Spanish
How many indigenous languages do the Native Americans speak, speaking the dialects of their ancestors?
25
Venezuela is the only country in South America to be part of what?
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
What is the term of when people stop working until their demands are met?
Strike
What does the word 'Guyana' mean?
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 a plant used to make a deep blue dye? The Spanish forced the Natives to plant this crop.
Indigo
Venezuela's nation dance, a foot-stomping dance, is called what?
Joropo
What area is rich in minerals, including iron ore and gold?
Guiana Highlands
What is the term when the people of a country have a direct vote by the public to remove a leader from power?
Referendum
Most of the nation's population lives in this city, what is it called?
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
Who lead the independence revolt of Venezuela, gaining freedom from Spain?
Simon Bolívar
What is the main export of Venezuela, and a major income for the country?
Oil
What is Venezuela's capital, with many slums and places of poverty around the city?
Caracas
What day did Hugo Chavez pass away from a serious illness?
March 5, 2013
What country is bordering Guyana, France, and Brazil has a very diverse population with the capital housing half the people of the country?
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 officially gain independence from Spain?
1830
What is the name of Venezuelan cowboys, who herd cattle in the Llanos region?
Llaneros
What year did Venezuelans elect their first president, ending the dictatorship of the country?
1959
Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana are apart of what region? This area has very dense rain forest landscape that lies east of Venezuela.
Guianas
What is the capital of Suriname which has a large population of people with a heritage of East Asia?
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
What is the second biggest country in Caribbean South America, with the economy mostly relying on oil, recently under a dictatorship?
Venezuela
What lake is very rich in oil that is in Venezuela?
Lake Maracaibo
What Venezuelan president was elected 2002 adapting new policies to end poverty and and illiteracy?
Hugo Chavez
What country has flat and fertile plains along the coast, with many sugar plantations?
Guyana
What is the French territory in South America with roughly 200,000 people who live in coastal areas?
French Guiana