Diciembre 7 Bimestrales

Question 1

A mountain system made up of roughly parallel ranges

Answer 1

Cordillera

Question 2

Where is the highest elevation of Venezuela?

Answer 2

In the Guiana Highlands

Question 3

Is mostly grassland with few trees

Answer 3

Llanos

Question 4

Is the region’s longest river

Answer 4

The Orinoco River

Question 5

Colombia

Answer 5

Bogota

Question 6

Venezuela

Answer 6

Caracas

Question 7

Guyana

Answer 7

Georgetown

Question 8

Suriname

Answer 8

Paramaribo

Question 9

French Guiana

Answer 9

Cayenne

Question 10

What valuable natural resources were the Chibcha known for using?

Answer 10

Gold

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Cartagena

Question 12

Venezuela’s economy is based on

Answer 12

Oil production

Question 13

The physical geography of the Guianas includes

Answer 13

Rain forests

Question 14

Members of an irregular military force

Answer 14

Guerrillas

Question 15

Venezuelan cowboys

Answer 15

Llaneros

Question 16

Are rich in oil

Answer 16

Orinoco River and Lake Maracaibo

Question 17

Is a group of workers stopping work until their demands are met

Answer 17

Strike

Question 18

Recall vote

Answer 18

Referendum

Question 19

Is about 4000 miles long

Answer 19

Amazon river

Question 20

Drains much of the central part of South America

Answer 20

The parana

Question 21

Water from the parana river flows into the

Answer 21

Rio de plata and the Atlantic Ocean

Question 22

Reach 18 000 feet

Answer 22

Andes

Question 23

Is a partially enclosed body of water where freshwater mixes with salty seawater

Answer 23

Estuary

Question 24

Grassy plains in central Argentina

Answer 24

Pampas

Question 25

Where do most people of Brazil live?

Answer 25

In the southern

Question 26

Where is located sao Paulo

Answer 26

In the southern of brazil

Question 27

A giant urban area that includes surroundings cities and suburbs

Answer 27

Megacity

Question 28

Brazil second longest city

Answer 28

Rio de Janeiro

Question 29

Huge slums

Answer 29

Favelas

Question 30

Brazil

Answer 30

Brasilia

Question 31

Lies 1000 miles from the mouth of the Amazon

Answer 31

Manaus

Question 32

Argentine cowboys

Answer 32

Gauchos

Question 33

Argentina

Answer 33

Buenos Aires

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Mercosur

Question 35

Is a part of economy based on odd job that people perform without government regulation through taxes

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Informal economy

Question 36

Means completely surrounded by land with no direct access to the ocean

Answer 36

Landlocked

Question 37

Uruguay

Answer 37

Montevideo

Question 38

Paraguay

Answer 38

Asuncion

Question 39

Lies between the ridges of the Andes

Answer 39

Altiplano

Question 40

Is a narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water

Answer 40

Strait

Question 41

Is about 600 miles long

Answer 41

Atacama desert

Question 42

An ocean and weather pattern that affects than Pacific coast

Answer 42

El Niño

Question 43

Governor

Answer 43

Viceroy

Question 44

American-born descendants of Europeans

Answer 44

Creoles

Question 45

Ecuador

Answer 45

Quito

Question 46

Peru

Answer 46

Lima

Question 47

Chile

Answer 47

Santiago

Question 48

Is a sudden overthrow of a government by a small group of people

Answer 48

Coup

Question 49

Bolivia

Answer 49

La Paz

Question 50

Which three peninsulas are in Southern Europe?

Answer 50

Iberian peninsula Italian peninsula Balkan peninsula