Caribbean South America

Question 1

Venezuela

Answer 1

Caracas

Question 2

Guyana

Answer 2

Georgetown

Question 3

Suriname

Answer 3

Paramaribo

Question 4

French Guiana

Answer 4

Cayena

Question 5

Cordillera

Answer 5

A mountain system made of roughly parallel ranges.

Question 6

Andes

Answer 6

It is South America’s longest mountain range.

Question 7

Guiana highlands

Answer 7

It is Venezuela’s highest elevation.

Question 8

Llanos

Answer 8

It is mostly grassland with few trees. At a low elevation and not much vegetation, these plains flood easily.

Question 9

Orinoco river

Answer 9

It is the region’s longest river.

Question 10

The Orinoco River flows 1,300 miles (2,100 km) through Venezuela. True or false?

Answer 10

True

Question 11

The Chibcha were the first people to settle Colombia. True or false?

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Caribbean South America’s location near the equator means that the region is very cold. True or false?

Answer 12

False

Question 13

The Andes is a river system. True or false?

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Colombian culture includes traditional African songs and dances. True or false?

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Most Venezuelans are of mixed Indian and European descent. True or false?

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Venezuela gained its independence from France. True or false?

Answer 16

False

Question 17

Colombia

Answer 17

Bogota

Question 18

Venezuela’s economy depends on oil production. True or false?

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Temperatures in Caribbean South America remain warm year-round because of the region’s location near the…..

Answer 19

Equator

Question 20

What valuable natural resource were the Chibcha known for using?

Answer 20

Gold

Question 21

What Colombian city was a major naval base and commercial port in the Spanish empire?

Answer 21

Cartagena

Question 22

Venezuela’s economy is based on….

Answer 22

Oil production

Question 23

Simon Bolivar helped several South American countries gain independence from…

Answer 23

Spain

Question 24

Active volcanoes are located in Colombia’s….

Answer 24

Mountains

Question 25

The physical geography of the Guianas includes.....

Answer 25

Dense rain forests

Question 26

How long is the Amazon river?

Answer 26

It is about 4,000 miles (6,440 km) long. It is the world's largest river system.

Question 27

Brazil

Answer 27

Brasilia

Question 28

Argentina

Answer 28

Buenos Aires

Question 29

Uruguay

Answer 29

Montevideo

Question 30

Paraguay

Answer 30

Asuncion

Question 31

What is an estuary?

Answer 31

It is a partially enclosed body of water where freshwater mixes with salty seawater.

Question 32

What is Rio de la Plata?

Answer 32

It is an estuary.

Question 33

What are the Pampas?

Answer 33

They are wide, grassy plains.

Question 34

What is deforestation?

Answer 34

The clearing of trees.

Question 35

What means soil exhaustion?

Answer 35

It means the soil is infertile because it has lost nutrients needed by plants.

Question 36

What is São Paulo?

Answer 36

It is the largest urban area in South America and the fourth largest in the world.

Question 37

What is a megacity?

Answer 37

It is a giant urban area that includes surrounding cities and suburbs.

Question 38

What is Rio de Janeiro?

Answer 38

It is Brazil's second largest city.

Question 39

What are favelas?

Answer 39

They are huge slums

Question 40

Who where called Gauchos?

Answer 40

The Argentine cowboys.

Question 41

What is Mercosur?

Answer 41

An organization that promotes trade and economic cooperation among the southern and eastern countries of South America.

Question 42

What is the informal economy?

Answer 42

It is the part of the economy based on odd jobs that people perform without government regulation through taxes.

Question 43

What means landlocked?

Answer 43

It means completely surrounded by land with no direct access to the ocean.

Question 44

What is called Altiplano?

Answer 44

A broad, high plateau.

Question 45

What is a strait?

Answer 45

It is a narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water.

Question 46

Where is Atacama Desert?

Answer 46

In the northern part of Chile.

Question 47

What is El Niño?

Answer 47

It is an ocean and weather pattern that affects the Pacific Coast.

Question 48

What is a viceroy?

Answer 48

It is a governor.

Question 49

What are Creoles?

Answer 49

They are American-born descendants of Europeans.

Question 50

Ecuador

Answer 50

Quito

Question 51

Bolivia

Answer 51

La Paz

Question 52

Peru

Answer 52

Lima

Question 53

What is a coup?

Answer 53

It is a sudden overthrow of a government by a small group of people.

Question 54

Chile

Answer 54

Santiago