B. unit 3 Q.3 Flashcards

1
Q

small towns in Venezuela have

A

an airport

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2
Q

75% of the land in Venezuela is owned by

A

2% of the people

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3
Q

most important export of Venezuela

A

petroleum

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4
Q

Venezuela declared its freedom from Spain, dictators ruled for

A

130 years

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5
Q

The colonial period of any country is a time of

A

growing

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6
Q

The ruana is similar to a

A

poncho

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7
Q

explorers named Venezuela after stilt houses in Lake Maracaibo, it reminded them of?

A

Venice

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8
Q

Around Margarita Island the early settlers found a wealth of:

A

pearls

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9
Q

The Guianas learned how to build dikes and sea walls from the

A

Dutch

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10
Q

The Indians Robinson Crusoe referred to were:

A

Carib

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11
Q

Rev. John Smith

A

martyr

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12
Q

aluminum

A

bauxite

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13
Q

studied tropical disease

A

Pasteur Institute

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14
Q

chief of gold

A

El Dorado

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15
Q

French prison

A

Devil’s Island

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16
Q

Cayenne pepper

17
Q

American orange juice

A

Suriname citrus

18
Q

Queen

A

Netherlands

19
Q

Carib Indians

20
Q

Daniel Defoe

A

Robinson Crusoe

21
Q

eradicated malaria

22
Q

pirate

23
Q

Brazil’s capital

24
Q

Colombia’s capital

25
Venezuela's capital
Caracas
26
Suriname's capital
Paramaribo
27
Guyana's capital
Georgetown
28
French Guiana's capital
Cayenne
29
Amazon Lowlands
Amazon River
30
cooked in the shell
armadillo
31
The British traded Suriname for
New York City
32
The Bush Blacks live _________
inland
33
The Carib Indians, who were once cannibals, are now __________
civilized
34
In Venezuela, hydroelectric power is taken from the
Orinoco River
35
The sport known as futbol or football in Venezuela, is known as what in America?
soccer
36
Cayenne pepper was named after the capital of ___________
French Guiana