Chapter 8 vocabulary

The area of plateaus found in Venezuela, Guyana, and Surinam is the...

• Andes

• Llanos

• cordillera

• Guiana Highlands

Members of an irregular military force are...

• guerrillas

• Caracas

• cordillera

• llaneros

Venezuelan cowboys are called...

• Caracas

• llaneros

• referendum

• policies

A lake in Venezuela that is rich in oil is...

• Cartagena

• Bogota

• Lake Maracaibo

• Orinoco River

A mountain system in Western Colombia is...

• Andes

• Guiana Highlands

• Llanos

• Cartagena

The Colonial city in Colombia that was formerly a naval base and port for the Spanish Empire is...

• guerrillas

• Cartagena

• strike

• referendum

When a group of workers stop working until their demands are met, this is called...

• strike

• referendum

• policies

• cordillera

A mountain system made up of roughly parallel ranges is called a...

• Guiana Highlands

• Andes

• cordillera

• guerrillas

The capital of Colombia located high in the Andes is...

• Cartagena

• Bogota

• Caracas

• Llanos

A plains region between the Guiana Highlands and the Andes is...

• Guiana Highlands

• Orinoco River

• Bogota

• Llanos