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November Exam😖😏😊🤔🙄😁 Flashcards

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1
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Which countries make up Central America

A

Belize,Guatemala ,Honduras ,el Salvador ,Nicaragua ,Costa Rica and Panama

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What is an archipelago

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Large group of islands

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3
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Which islands conform the greater Antilles

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Cuba,Hispaniola ,Puerto Rico and Jamaica

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Other two group of islands in the Caribbean

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Bahamas and Lesser Antilles

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5
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A moist high elevation tropical forest where low clouds are common

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Cloud forest

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6
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Which country conquer Belize ?

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Britain

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7
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Civil war

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A conflict between two or more group within a country

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The practice of using areas natural environment to attract tourists

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Ecotourism

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9
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What is the Panama Canal

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Canal fees and local industries in the country’s most prosperous region

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10
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Toussaint L’ouverture

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Helped freedom in Haiti

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11
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Regional variety of languages

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Dialect

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12
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A self governing territory associated with another country

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Commonwealth

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13
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Someone who flees to another country usually for political or economic reasons

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Refugee

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14
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An organization owned by its members and operated for their mutual benefit

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Cooperative

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15
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Echar os a cordillera

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Mountain system are up roughly parallel ranges

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16
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What are the andes

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A mountain range in Colombia

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17
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Narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas

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Isthmus

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18
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What is the Guiana highlands

A

Venezuela highest elevation

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19
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Drops of elevation between the Andes

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Llanos

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20
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The region’s longest river

A

Orinoco River

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21
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A major naval base and commercial port in the Spanish empire (Colombia)

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Cartagena

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22
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From who Colombia gained independence from?

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Spain

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23
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Colombia capital

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Bogota

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24
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Chincha ring toss game

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Tejo

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25
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The Colombian music has __________ influence

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African

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26
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Members of an irregular military force

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Guerrillas

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27
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The George Washington of South America

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Simon Bolivar

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28
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What are llaneros

A

Venezuelan Cowboys

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29
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Which rivers are rich in oil

A

Orinoco and lake Maracaibo

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30
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Venezuela capital

A

Caracas

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31
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A group of workers stopping work until their demands are met

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A strike

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32
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Recall vote

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Referendum

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33
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The Guianas are conformed by

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Guyana,Suriname and the French Guiana

34
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How many miles the Orinoco River flows

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1,300

35
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The first people to settle in Colombia

A

The Chibcha

36
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Venezuelans are a mixture of

A

European indians

37
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Venezuela economy is based on

A

Oil production

38
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What natural resources were the Chibcha known for using

A

GOLD

39
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Panama capital

A

Panama City

40
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Nicaragua capital

A

Managua

41
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Belize capital

A

Belmopan

42
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El Salvador capital

A

San Salvador

43
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Costa Rica capital

A

San Jose

44
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Honduras capital

A

Tegucigalpa

45
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Guyana capital

A

Georgetown.

46
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Suriname capital

A

Paramibo

47
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French Guyana capital

A

Cayenne

48
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Suriname

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Paramaribo

49
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Four countries on Atlantic South America

A

Brazil, Argentina ,Uruguay ,Paraguay

50
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Where is the Amazon River

A

Brazil

51
Q

A partially enclosed body of water where fresh water mixes with salty water

A

Estuary

52
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An example of estuary

A

Rio de Plata

53
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Clearing of trees

A

Deforestation

54
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The soil is infertile because it has lost nutrients needed by plants

A

Soil exhaustion

55
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The first Europeans to find Brazil

A

Portuguese

56
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One tradition of Brazil

A

Carnival

57
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A giant urban area that includes surrounding cities and suburbs

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Megacity

58
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Brazil largest cities are

A

Sao Pablo and Rio de Janeiro

59
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Favelas

A

Huge slums

60
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First Europeans to find Argentina

A

Spanish

61
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Argentine cowboys

A

Gauchos

62
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Argentina most developed agricultural region is

A

The pampas

63
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An organization that promotes trade and economic cooperation among the southern and eastern countries of South America

A

Mercosur

64
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A part of economy based on odd jobs that people perform without government regulation through taxes

A

Informal economy

65
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Montevideo

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Uruguay

66
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From who Uruguay declared independence of

A

Spain

67
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Completely surrounded by land with no direct access to the ocean

A

Landlocked

68
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From who Paraguay gained independence from

A

Spain

69
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2 languages in Paraguay

A

Spanish and Guarani

70
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Countries in Pacific South America

A

Ecuador ,Bolivia ,Chile,Peru

71
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A broad high plateau that lies between the ridges of the Andes

A

Altiplano

72
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A narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water

A

A strait

73
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An ocean and weather pattern that affects the Pacific coast

A

El Niño

74
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A desert in northern Chile that has one of the cloudiest and driest places on Earth

A

Atacama desert

75
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A governor appointed by the king of Spain

A

Viceroy

76
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Ecuador

A

Quito

77
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Ecuador largest city

A

Guayaquil

78
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Bolivia’s capitals

A

Sucre and La Paz

79
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Peru capital

A

Lima

80
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A sudden overthrow of a government by a small group of people

A

A coup

81
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Chile capital

A

Santiago

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