Vocab
Physical Geography
Colombia
Venezuela
The Guianas
100

What is indigo and where does it come from?

A plant used to make a deep blue dye. 

100

What climate is the tierra caliente?

This would be the hot country. 

100

Colombia is the most populous country in South America. True or False?

True

100

What year did Christopher Columbus land on the Venezuelan coast? 

1492

1486

1498

1471

1498

100

This form of language is heavily present in these region.

Pidgin language. 

200

What is a tepuís?

Layers of sandstone that have resisted erosion atop plateaus in the Guiana Highlands.

200

What temperature is the tierra helada?

This means frozen country. 

200

What is one of the main valuable resources within Colombia?

Coffee, corn, bananas, rice, and sugarcane. 

200

By the 1970s, Venezuela was earning hugs sums of money from which natural resource?

Oil 

200

What is the capital of Suriname?

Paramaribo

300

What is a Caudillos?

Military leaders who ruled Venezuela in the 1800s and 1900s. 

300

What is the name of rodent that lives along lakes and rivers in wet tropical climates?

The capybara. 

300

What is the biggest sport in Colombia?

Soccer

300

What is the capital of Venezuela?

Caracas

300

The French Guiana had an island that was used to hold prisoners. True or False

True 

400

What is a Llaneros?

Cowboys of the Venezuelan Llanos. 

400

What temperature is the tierra fría?

This would be the cold country. 

400

What is the name of the tropical plant with starchy roots that is an important food crop?

Cassava

400

More than two thirds of Venezuelan population are this.

Pardos

400

What are the two most important economic activities within the French Guiana?

Forestry and Shrimp. 

500

What is an indentured servant?

People who agree to work for a certain period of time, often in exchange for travel expenses. 

500

Name one of the remarkable animals that are present within the Orinoco.

Answers can be piranhas, catfish, and crocodiles. 

500

Within Colombia, what is the name of the Chibcha game that they play?

Tejo, it is a ringtoss game. 

500

What is the name of the lively foot-stomping couples dance?

The joropo. 
500

About two thirds of the of the population of Guyana are descendants from African slaves. True or False?

False one third