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Colombia is the world's leading producer of emeralds.

• True
• False

In what country is Angel Falls, the world's highest waterfall, located?

• Colombia
• Venezuela
• United States
• Ecuador

What feature of the Galapagos Islands makes them an ideal home to many unusual animals?

• heavily populated with humans
• attract many tourists who feed the animals regularly
• isolated and many have no human population
• similar to a huge zoo that puts the animals on exhibit

Which country is South America's top producer of oil?

• Venezuela
• Ecuador
• Colombia
• Suriname

What is "Encomienda"?

• A mass enslavement of the natives

• A disease

• A type of Spanish food

• A law that was used to force natives to work for the Spanish

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What city became the capital of Columbia in 1549?

• Caracas

• Medellin

• Bogota

• Quito

Large estates owned by the Spanish were called.....

• encomienda

• casas

• haciendas

• llanos

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Many Native American people died from European diseases because they had no....

• natural immunity

• vaccines

• clean water

• reliable medical care

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• Colombia

• Guyana

• Suriname

• Ecuador

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• Venezuela

• Suriname

• Colombia

• Ecuador

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