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
Who came to Venezuela hoping to find gold and pearls?
Spanish
country’s Indians speak __ different languages and follow the religious practices of their ancestors.
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whats the name of a organization attempt to control world oil production and keep oil prices from falling too low?
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
whats the name of a group of workers stopping work until their demands are met?
Strike
Guyana also means what?
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
whats the name of a plant used to make a deep blue dye?
Indigo
Venezuela’s national dance is called what?
Joropo
______ in the southeast are rich in other minerals, such as iron ore for making steel. Gold is also mined in remote areas of the highlands. Dams on tributaries of the Orinoco River produce hydroelectricity.
Guiana Highlands
Whats the name of a direct vote by the public?
Referendum
About one-third of the country’s population lives where?
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 led the liberation of several South American countries from Spanish rule?
Simon Bolívar
Venezuelans, suffered in the 1980s when what price of something dropped sharply?
Oil
whats the name of the Venezuela’s capital and the economic and cultural center of the country?
Caracas
What was the date of Chavez death?
March 5, 2013
______ has a diverse population. The country’s population includes South Asians, Africans, Chinese, Indonesians, and Creoles—people of mixed heritage.
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
when did Venezuela become independent?
1830
Whats another name for Venezuelan cowboys?
Llaneros
the people of Venezuela elected their first president in what year?
1959
The countries of Guyanas, Suriname, and French Guiana are together known as the ______
Guianas
Whats the capital of suriname?
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
____ was originally the home of many small tribes of South American Indians.
Venezuela
What river is rich in oil?
Lake Maracaibo
In 2002 Venezuela’s president, _______ , started to distribute the country’s oil income equally among all Venezuelans. Before Chavez’s presidency, only a small percentage of wealthy Venezuelans benefited from the country’s oil income.
Hugo Chavez
what name comes from a South American Indian word that means “land of waters.” ?
Guyana
_____ are together known as the Guianas
French Guiana