South America and Caribbean Ch. 4

Lake ____________ is rich in oil resources. 

• Maracaibo
• Orinoco

members of an irregular military force. 

• strike
• guerrillas

people refusing to work until their demands are met.

• strike
• guerrillas

The ____________________ is a region of plains that lies between the Andes and the Guiana Highlands.

• Llanos
• Andes
• cordillera
• Lake Maracaibo

____________________ is the capital of Colombia and is located in the eastern Andes.

• Bogota
• Caracas
• Cartagena
• Llanos

Ranchers, called ____________________, are cowboys who live and work on the grasslands of Venezuela.

• llaneros
• cordilleras
• tepuis
• tejos

In 2004, Venezuelans opposed to President Chavez called for a ____________________, a vote that would remove him from office.

• referendum
• strike
• guerilla
• llanero

The highest point in Caribbean South America is located in western Colombia in the ____________________.

• Andes
• Guiana Highlands
• Llanos
• Lake Maracaibo

____________________ have seized land from local farmers in Colombia and use it to illegally grow and sell the coca plant.

• guerrillas
• llaneros
• tepuis
• tejos

Much of the oil in Venezuela is found in the Orinoco basin and ____________________.

• Lake Maracaibo
• Andes Mountains
• Llanos
• Guiana Highlands