Section 1
what is a country larger than California and Texas combined
Colombia
what are sandstone layers that have resisted erosion and flat-topped formations called?
Tepuís
This area is a part of the _______ Here, rain falls throughout the year, watering the forest’s huge trees. These trees form a canopy where the vegetation is so dense that sunlight barely shines through to the jungle floor
Amazon Basin
What was a major naval base and commercial port in the Spanish empire?
Cartagena
Giant mounds of earth, mysterious statues, and tombs—these are the marks of the people who lived in ____
Colombia
On the western side of Colombia the ___ reach 18,000 feet.
Andes
elevation drops between the highlands and the Andes, This region of plains is known as the what?
Llanos
What are the major crops?
rice, coffee, bananas, and sugarcane
what included Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela?
The Republic of Gran Colombia
Colombia is Caribbean South America’s most populous country. The national capital is what?
Bogotá
what is a mountain system made up of roughly parallel ranges?
Cordillera
Flowing for about 1,600 miles (2,575 km) ________ is the region’s longest river. Snaking its way through Venezuela to the Atlantic Ocean.
Orinoco River
the region has other valuable resources, such as what?
oil, iron ore, and coal
the republic of Gran Colombia included what?
Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela
traditional Chibcha ring-toss game called what?
Tejo
Lying on the Caribbean coast, ____ is located in the middle of the other countries in the region.
Venezuela
Two other important rivers, are _______ and they drain the Andean region.
The Cauca and the Magdalena
What is another name for El Dorado?
Golden One
______ which included Colombia and Panama.
New Granada
what are members of an irregular military force called?
Guerrillas
Venezuela’s highest elevation is in the __________ which stretch into Guyana and Suriname
Guiana Highlands
what thrives in the humid tropical climate of southern Colombia?
Rain forests
This is a legend about a group where covered their new rulers in gold dust. Then they took each ruler to a lake to wash the gold off. As the new ruler washed, they threw gold and emerald objects into the water.
Chibcha
New Granada included this.
Colombia and Panama
All of these groups are also involved in growing crops of the illegal what plant?
Coca plant