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