The SA Vocab Test

mountains on the western side of Colombia

• Franklin Mts.

• Rocky Mts.

• Andes Mts.

• Appalachian Mts.

a mountain system made up of roughly parallel ranges

• colander

• colorado

• canyon

• cordillera

plateaus stretching from Venezuela to Suriname

• Guiana highlands

• Central highlands

• Central Mexico

• Interior highlands

plains region between the highlands and Andes

• plateau

• canyon

• grasslands

• llanos

longest river in the region flows through Venezuela to the Atlantic ocean

• Amazon river

• Orinoco river

• Uruguay river

• Mississippi river

major Caribbean naval base and port during the Spanish empire

• Cartagena

• Carriage

• LLanos

• Cordilla

capital of Colombia located high in the eastern mountains

• El Paso

• Cartagena

• Bogota

• Cusco

members of an irregular military force

• llanos

• llaneros

• caracas

• guerrillas

Venezuela cowboys

• amarillo

• llaneros

• cordillera

• guerrillas

a lake near the Caribbean sea rich in oil deposits

• lake Mexico

• lake Caracas

• lake Maracaibo

• lake Ontario