Venezuela and Colombia
Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay
General Brazil Knowledge
Brazil Regions
Geography Word Scramble
100

Vast oil reserves are under which Venezuelan body of water?

Lake Maracaibo

100

True or False: Southwest Bolivia has some of the world's largest salt flats in this dry and barren region. 

True

100

Brazil was colonized by which country?

Portugal

100

_______________ from cattle ranching, logging, and mining have devastated parts of the tropical rain forests of the Amazon Basin.

Deforestation    

100

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Llanos (a large, sparsely populated region that makes up a third of Venezuela, characterized by grassland plains)

200

As much as 90% of Venezuela's export earnings are from the export of _______. 

oil

200

Ecuador's major tourist attraction is the __________ Islands.

Galapagos

200

The third leg of the Atlantic Trade Triangle takes ____________ from the Americas to Europe. 

plantation products (sugar, tobacco) and rum 

200
Which region of Brazil could be considered Brazil's core?

The southeast

200

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Bogota (capital of Colombia)

300

Slums in South America goo by different names, such as _________ in Venezuela and favelas in Brazil.

barrios

300

What is Guarani?

The local language of the Paraguay people.

300

The first leg of the Atlantic Trade Triangle brought goods and trinkets from Europe to __________. 

Africa 

300

Which city of Brazi, called the "green city" has been a model of urban planning that has been used in the development of cities around the world? 

Curitiba

300

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Can I teach Geography for Mr. Robin for the rest of the school year? 

400

Colombia's two main legal exports to the U.S. are _____ and oil.

coffee

400

ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS!!!! :)

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400

True or False: There is nothing in the ship on the second leg of the Atlantic Trade Triangle. 

False (African slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas)

400

In the west central region of Brazil, industrial agriculture requires __________ and transportation networks to transport the harvests to the market.

infrastructure 

400

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ecotourism (the activity of people traveling to experience and enjoy the natural world with an aim not to damage the environment in the process)

500

Venezuela's most famous landmark is _____ Falls. 

Angel

500

One of the main tourist attractions in Peru is the ancient city of ________ _______ in the Andes not far from Cuzco.

Machu Picchu

500

What is the current capital of Brazil?

Brasilia 

500

__________ and unemployment in the northeast are high and having a devastating effect on the people. 

Poverty

500

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transpiration (the process which cycles precipitation from the ground back into the atmospheres where it can collect and return as rain)