Places

Question 1

Colombia

Answer 1

northernmost country in S.A. Andes mountains. 1501, Rodrigo de Bastidas first European to arrive. Spaniards cononized it Nueva Granada. 1821, Republica de la Gran Colombia. 1830, got its present borders.

Economy based on agriculture, exports of coffee, corn, rice, sugar, cotton, and bananas.

Capital- Santa Fe de Bogota

Currency- Colombian peso

Question 2

Ecuador

Answer 2

Indian tribes conquered by the Incas. Center of Incan empire in Quito.

Economy based on agriculture, largest exporter of bananas. Oil also important.

Capital- Quito

Currency- US Dollar

Question 3

Venezuela

Answer 3

Arawaks and Caribes inhabited the area in Pre-Colombian times. Caracas founded in 1567. Exports of cocoa. Independence in 1811.

Economy based on oil and its products.

Capital- Caracas

Currency- the Bolivar

Question 4

Uruguay

Answer 4

Charrúas inhabited in pre-colombian times. Sebastián Gaboto founded 1st settlement in 1527. Uruguay established as state in 1825.

Capital- Montevideo

Currency- Uruguayan peso

Question 5

Argentina

Answer 5

Tehuelche and Mapuche inhabitants Pre-Colombian. 1516 Juan Díaz de Solís arrived. 1536 Buenos Aires founded. Independence in 1816.

Economy based on livestock and oil.

Capital- Buenos Aires

Currency- Argentine peso

Question 6

Bolivia

Answer 6

Land-locked. Pukina and Aymara inhabitants Pre-Colombian. 1530 Europeans arrived. 1825 Bolíar declared independence.

Capitals- Constitutional capital is Sucre. Administrative capital and seat of government is La Paz.

Currency- the boliviano

Question 7

Paraguay

Answer 7

River Paraguay divides country into east and west. Landlocked. Chané, Agacé, and Guaraní inhabitants Pre-Colombian. 1524 Alejo García arrived. 1830 Declared its independence. Official languages are Spanish and Guaraní.

Capital- Asunción

Currency- guaraní

Question 8

Peru

Answer 8

Machu Picchu. Inca empire. 1820, José de San Martín declared independence. Official languages are Spanish and Quechua.

Economy based on agriculture.

Capital- Lima

Currency- the sol

Question 9

Chile

Answer 9

Atacama Desert in the north. Incas. 1818 Bernando and José declared independence.

Economy based on agriculture. Also vineyards and exports of wine and tourism.

Capital- Santiago

Currency- Chilean peso

Question 10

Antilles

Answer 10

Archipelago (group of islands) in Caribbean Sea. Greater archipelago includes Cuba, Dom Rep, Haiti, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. Lesser Antilles are Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Granada, Trinidad, etc. Pre-Colombian inhabited by the Arawak and the Caribe. First land Colón stepped foot on in 1492. Sugar production and slavery flourished. Influence of Africa.

Question 11

Panama

Answer 11

Pre-Colombian inhabitants of Chocó, Chibcha, and the Caribe. 1513 known as Castilla de Oro or Tierra Firme. 1821 Became part of Colombia.

Capital is Ciudad de Panamá

Currency is the balboa.

Question 12

Dominican Republic

Answer 12

Pre-Colombian inhabitants of Taino and the Arawak. Spaniards lost island to French then recovered it. Independence declared in 1844.

Capital- Santo Domingo

Currency- Dominican peso

Question 13

Cuba

Answer 13

Taino, Guanajatabey, and Ciboney indegenous groups. Cuba and Puerto Rico were last Spanish colonies in the new world. 1891 Cuba occupied by U.S. Dictatorship in 1952, Fidel Castro took control in 1959.

Capital- Havana

Currency- Cuban peso

Question 14

Puerto Rico

Answer 14

Unincorporated territory of the U.S. Pre-Colombian inhabited by Taino. Ponce de León led conquest of the island. Declared autonomy in 1897. Part of U.S. in 1899.

Capital- San Juan

Currency- US Dollar

Question 15

Guatemala

Answer 15

Mayans. 1524, conquest of territory. 1821 declared independence.

Economy- agriculture, coffee, sugar cane, bananas.

Capital- Cuidad de Guatemala

Currency- quetzal

Question 16

El Salvador

Answer 16

Mayans, Pipile. 1524 conquered territory and founded San Salvador. 1841 Declared independence. Civil war from 1977 to 1979. Presidential regime est. 1983.

Economy- coffee

Currency- Salvadoran colón

Question 17

Costa Rica

Answer 17

Contact area between Mesoamerican cultures of central america and south america. 1848 declared independence.

Economy- agriculture and fishing. Coffee, bananas, pineapple, cocoa are exported.

Capital- San José

Currency- Costa Rican colón

Question 18

Honduras

Answer 18

Mayans, 1838 seceded and became independent. Main export is bananas. Coffe, corn, and tobacco.

Capital- Tegucigalpa

Currency- Lempira

Question 19

Nicaragua

Answer 19

Nahuas inhabitants in Pre-Colombian. 1838 Declared its independence. First state to do so.

Economy- agriculture. Exports cotton, coffee, sugar, and bananas.

Capital- Managua

Currency- Córdoba

Question 20

Mexico

Answer 20

Official name- Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Territory 3x that of Texas. Aztecs in center, Mayans in South, Chimichecas in north. 1821 declared independence from Spain.

Economy- agriculture, industry, mining, tourism.

Capital- Ciudad de México/ D.F.

Currency- Mexican peso

Question 21

Spain

Answer 21

in Iberian Peninsula, 50 provinces. 5 main rivers are Ebro, Duero, Tajo, Guadiana, and Guadalquivir. Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Basque.

Capital- Madrid

Currency- Euro

Question 22

Spanish territories

Answer 22

the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, and Melilla and Ceuta.