Caribbean South America Review

What are the grasslands of Venezuela and Colombia called?

• Andes
• Cordilera
• Llanos
• Orinoco River

What is a cordillera?

• a small piece of land that connects two larger pieces of land
• a mountain system made up of roughly  parallel ranges
• a long strip of mountains
• a long river

How does the region's location near the equator affect the climate?

• Most of the region has cooler temperatures year round
• It rains almost everyday
• Most of the region has warm temperatures year-round
• It never rains at all

What is a major resource in both Colombia and Venezuela?

• Oil
• Coffee
• Hydroelectric Power
• Sugarcane

Plants and animals of an ecosystem...

• live in areas separated by water.

• never change from season to season.

• cannot survive in dry conditions.

• depend on each other.

Where does terraced farming occur?

• in coastal areas

• in tropical rainforests

• beside Lake Maracaibo

• at different elevations

Who was nicknamed the Liberator of South America?

• Simon Bolivar

• Hernan Cortes

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Pedro I

Which country in this area has 1/2 of the population descended from S. Asia and 1/3 from Africans?

• Guyana

• Suriname

• French Guiana

• Venzuela

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

• Llanos
• Andes
• cordillera
• 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