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100
Caribbean Sea
What is the name of the sea that borders the northern coast of Colombia?
100
the Orinoco
What is river system that flows through Venezuela?
100
oil
What is Venezuela's most important natural resource and export?
100
Bogata
What is the capital of Colombia?
100
in the capital cities
Where do most people of the Guianas live?
200
tepuis
What are the flat topped plateaus of the highlands called?
200
Andes Mountains
What is the name of the mountain system that runs through most of Colombia and down the Pacific coast of South America?
200
Llaneros
What is a Venezuelan cowboy known as?
200
Chibcha
What is the name of the ancient civilation that first inhabited Colombia?
200
Columbian Exchange
What is the exchange of food, animals, and disease from one part of the world to another known as?
300
Colombia and Venezuela
What area of Caribbean South America can you find the llanos?
300
Venezuela and Suriname
What two countries border Guyana on either side of it?
300
Simon Bolivar
Who was the general of Venezuela that helped them win their independence from Spain?
300
guerrillas trying to overthrow the government
Why has there been so many years of civil war in Colombia?
400
warm year round
What is the climate like in most of Caribbean South America?
400
Parimaribo
What is the capital of Suriname?
400
Hugo Chavez
What is the name of the current president of Venezuela?
400
Spanish, Indians, English, Africans
What are the main cultural groups that make up the Colombian people of today?
500
mountains, valleys, plateaus (highlands)
What are three types of landforms located in Caribbean South America?
500
Cordilleras
What are parallel mountain ranges called?
500
the Spaniards
Who first conquered the country of Venezuela?
500
Emeralds
What does Colombia produce more of than any other country in the world?