Colombia, Venezuela, and the Guianas

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

The Andes are an example of a ____________________, or a system of mountains that is made up of roughly parallel ranges.

• cordillera
• llanero
• canopy
• refernedum

When President Chavez began distributing Venezuela’s oil income equally among all citizens, millions of people went on ____________________ to protest his actions.

• strike
• referendum
• guerrilla
• llanero

The Spanish used enslaved Chibcha and Africans to build a large fort and commercial port in the city of ____________________.

• Cartagena
• Bogota
• Caracas
• Llanos