Exam Preparation-Countries
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- What are the official languages of Bolivia?
- Spanish, Quecha, Aymara
- What is the major mountain range in Bolivia?
- The Andes
- What is Carnival?
- The weeklong celebration before Lent.
- What is the high plain between the two mountain ranges in Bolivia called?
- The antiplano
- What was the capital of the Incan empire in Peru?
- Cuzco
- What is the important animal in the society of Peru?
- The llama
- Who invaded the Incas?
- The Spanish
- What is a favela?
- The slums of Brasil
- What are the 2 major problems in Brasil?
- drug trafficking and deforestation
- What are the plains of Argentina called?
- The pampas
- What are the cowboys of the plains of Argentina called?
- gauchos
- What city is the Paris of South America?
- Buenos Aires
- Where did the tango originate?
- Argentina
- Who is Pablo Neruda?
- a poet from Chile who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971
- What type of gov't is Chile?
- republic
- What was the 1 country to elect a socialist?
- Chile
- How many regions are in Ecuador?
- 4 regions
- what type of gov't is Ecuador?
- republic
- What are the official languages of ecuador?
- Spanish, Quechua
- What are the islands of the coast of Ecuador that Charles Darwin did research on?
- The Galapagos
- What is the national dance of venezuela?
- the Joropo
- What type of gov't is Venezuela?
- constitutional democracy
- What is the main tribe of Paraguay?
- the Gurani
- What is the major religion of Paraguay?
- Catholicism
- At what age are you required to vote in Paraguay?
- 18
- What is the famous lace (encaje) of Paraguay called?
- ~nanduti