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
Most Venezuelans are Spanish-speaking Roman Catholics, but the country’s Indians speak different languages and follow the religious practices of their ancestors. How many different languages did they speak?????
25
The member countries in this organization attempt to control world oil production and keep oil prices from falling too low. What organization is this?
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
What is it called when a group of workers stop working until their demands are met?
Strike
Guyana comes from a South American Indian word that 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
What is a plant used to make a deep blue dye.
Indigo
What is Venezuela’s national dance?
Joropo
What 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
What is a direct vote made by the public?
Referendum
About one-third of the country’s population lives in what city?
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 helped lead the fight against Spanish rule and is considered a hero in many South American countries because he led wars of independence throughout the region.
Simon Bolívar
What have Venezuelans benefited from what income?
Oil
What is Venezuela’s capital and the economic and cultural center of the country. It is a large city with a modern subway system, busy expressways, and tall office buildings.
Caracas
When did Chavez die form an illness
March 5, 2013
Who´s resources and economy are similar to those of Guyana and has a diverse population?
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 officially become independent?
1830
What is a different name for Venezuelan cowboys
Llaneros
After years of suffering under military dictatorships, the people of Venezuela elected their first president in what year?
1959
What are the countries Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana all together known as?
Guianas
What is 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
What was originally the home of many small tribes of South American Indians. Those groups were conquered by the Spanish in the early 1500s. Though this became independent from Spain in the early 1800s, those three centuries of Spanish rule shaped the country’s history and culture.
Venezuela
Two lakes are rich in oil, the Orinoco River basin and what?
Lake Maracaibo
In 2002 Venezuela’s president started to distribute the country’s oil income equally among all Venezuelans. Before his presidency, only a small percentage of wealthy Venezuelans benefited from the country’s oil income. Who was this president?
Hugo Chavez
What places agricultural lands are located on the flat, fertile plains along the coast?
Guyana
Dense tropical rain forests cover much of this region, which lies east of Venezuela.
French Guiana