Review For The Bimonthly Exam

Question 0

Capital of Venezuela:

Answer 0

Caracas

Question 1

Capital of Colombia:

Answer 1

Bogotá

Question 2

Capital of Guayana:

Answer 2

Georgetown

Question 3

Capital of French Guayana:

Answer 3

Cayena

Question 4

Capital of Surinam:

Answer 4

Paramaribo

Question 5

What major River runs to Venezuela?

Answer 5

Orinoco River

Question 6

A mountain system made up of roughly parallel ranges:

Answer 6

Cordillera

Question 7

Members of an irregular military force:

Answer 7

Guerrillas

Question 8

Venezuelan Cowboys:

Answer 8

Llaneros

Question 9

Is a group of workers stopping work until the demands are met:

Answer 9

Strike

Question 10

Recall vote:

Answer 10

Referendum

Question 11

What is the language of the Guianas?

Answer 11

French

Question 12

What is the language of Venezuela?

Answer 12

Spanish

Question 13

What is the language of Colombia?

Answer 13

Spanish

Question 14

What is the government of the Caribbean South America?

Answer 14

Democratic

Question 15

What people were living in Colombia when the spanish arrived there?

Answer 15

The Chibcha

Question 16

Venezuela’s economy is based on:

Answer 16

Oil production

Question 17

What major river flows through northwestern Brazil?

Answer 17

Amazon River

Question 18

What is the rio de la plata?

Answer 18

Estuary

Question 19

A partially enclosed body of water were freshwater mixes with salty seawater?

Answer 19

Estuary

Question 20

The clearing of trees:

Answer 20

Deforestation

Question 21

The soil is infertile because it has lost nutrient needed by plants:

Answer 21

Soil exhaustion

Question 22

Giant urban area that includes surroundings cities and suburbs:

Answer 22

Megacity

Question 23

Huge slums:

Answer 23

Favelas

Question 24

Argentine Cowboys:

Answer 24

Gauchos

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Mercosur

Question 26

Is part of the economy based on the jobs that people perform without government regulation through taxes:

Answer 26

Informal economy

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Land locked

Question 28

What are the four main regions of Brazil?

Answer 28

The interior, the Amazon, the northeast, the southeast

Question 29

Capital of Brazil:

Answer 29

Brasilia

Question 30

Capital of Paraguay:

Answer 30

Asuncion

Question 31

Capital of Uruguay:

Answer 31

Montevideo

Question 32

Capital of Argentina:

Answer 32

Caracas

Question 33

What River flows trough eastern Brazil?

Answer 33

San Fransisco

Question 34

What resources does the rain forest provide?

Answer 34

Food, wood, rubber, plants for medicines, etc.

Question 35

How long is the Amazon River?

Answer 35

4,000 miles long

Question 36

Who were the first people to live in Brazil?

Answer 36

Indians

Question 37

What is The official language of Brazil?

Answer 37

Portuguese

Question 38

A religion that combines beliefs and practices of African and Indian religions with Christianity:

Answer 38

Macumba

Question 39

What languages are spoken in Paraguay?

Answer 39

Spanish and Guarani, and Indian language

Question 40

With which countries share border Paraguay?

Answer 40

Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina

Question 41

What kind of governments did Argentina have in the 1900s?

Answer 41

Dictators and military

Question 42

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

Answer 42

Coup

Question 43

What is the government of the Pacific South America?

Answer 43

Democratic

Question 44

A high plateau, as in the Anorean regions of Bolivia,Peru and Argentina:

Answer 44

Altiplano

Question 45

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

Answer 45

Strait

Question 46

An ocean and weather pattern that affects the Pacific coasts:

Answer 46

El Niño

Question 47

What types of resources have the Pacific South America?

Answer 47

Gold, silver, lead, zinc, oil and minerals

Question 48

Capitals of Bolivia:

Answer 48

Lamaze and Sucre

Question 49

Capital of Peru:

Answer 49

Lima

Question 50

Capital of Ecuador:

Answer 50

Quito

Question 51

Capital of Chile:

Answer 51

Santiago de Chile

Question 52

Currency of Ecuador:

Answer 52

Dollar

Question 53

Currency of Chile:

Answer 53

Peso Chileno

Question 54

Currency of Bolivia:

Answer 54

Peso Boliviano

Question 55

Currency of Peru:

Answer 55

Nuevo Sol

Question 56

Religion of Bolivia:

Answer 56

Roman Catholic

Question 57

Religion of Peru:

Answer 57

Catholic

Question 58

Religion of Ecuador:

Answer 58

Roman Catholic

Question 59

Religion of Chile:

Answer 59

Roman Catholic

Question 60

Language of the Bolivia:

Answer 60

Spanish

Question 61

Language of Peru:

Answer 61

Spanish

Question 62

Language of Chile:

Answer 62

Spanish

Question 63

Language of Ecuador:

Answer 63

Spanish

Question 64

Government of Ecuador:

Answer 64

Democratic

Question 65

Government of Chile:

Answer 65

Democratic

Question 66

Government of Bolivia:

Answer 66

Democratic

Question 67

Government of Peru:

Answer 67

Democratic

Question 68

What ancient empire built paved roads through the Andes?

Answer 68

Incan empire

Question 69

What role did the Creoles play in the history of Pacific South America?

Answer 69

Were the main leaders of ten revolts

Question 70

What country has the highest percentage of South America Indians in its population?

Answer 70

Bolivia

Question 71

What aspects of culture in Pacific South America reflect Spanish influence, and what aspects reflect Indian heritage?

Answer 71

The language and religion

Question 72

How might the Incan empire have been different if the Incas had wheels and horses?

Answer 72

Relay teams of runners carried messages