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DISCOVERING WORLD GEOGRAPHY–QUESTIONS–PP.280-285 – History of the Region
1) Name 3 groups of INDIGENOUS PEOPLE who lived in the TROPICAL NORTH region. 1)______________________________
2)________________________________________________ 3)___________________________________________________
2) What large civilization conquered some of these groups in the 1400’s? __________________________________________
3) The Spanish conquered the areas known today as Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela by what year(s)? ______________
4) The Spanish established capitals from which to govern the various areas. Write down the capital with the area
governed by the Spanish.
1) Colombia - ________________________________ 2) Ecuador - _____________________________
3) Venezuela - _________________________________________
5) Why did the Spanish locate the capitals in the highlands and not along the coast of South America? _________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
6) Native Americans suffered greatly under Spanish rule. From what did thousands of Native Americans die, besides
cruel treatment?
______________________________________________________
7) What was the system that allowed Spanish colonists to demand labor or work from Native Americans in a certain
area?
__________________________________________________________
8) What were the large estates in the TROPICAL NORTH called? ___________________________________________________________
9) The HACIENDA SYSTEM brought large numbers of workers from another place in the world. From where did
these other workers come?
_____________________________________________________________
10) What 3 countries fought over control of Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana? 1)____________________________________
2)__________________________________________________
3)____________________________________________
12) List the European nation with the South American area they controlled.
1) Guyana - ___________________________________
2) Surinam - _________________________________________
3) French Guiana - ______________________________________________________
13) In the late 1700 many of the Spanish colonies wanted independence from Spain (just as the United States got its
independence from Britain in the late 1770’s and early 1780’s. Who invaded and controlled Spain in Europe from
1808 to 1814?
_______________________________________________________
14) There were two great revolutionary leaders in South America. List the generals by the areas from which they
came.
1) Argentina - _________________________________________ 2) Venezuela - ________________________________________
15) In what year were the Spanish forces defeated in South America? ______________________________
16) What nations were in a republic called GRAN COLOMBIA? 1) _______________________________
2)______________________________________
3)________________________________________ 4)____________________________________
17) Throughout the history of Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador different military or civilian people ruled these
countries. What were these rulers called?
_______________________________________________________
18) The areas of Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana remained colonies of Britain, Holland (the Dutch) and France.
There were 3 places from which the British and the Dutch got workers to work in the South American colonies.
What were these 3 places?
1)__________________________
2)____________________________
3)_____________________________
19) What was DEVIL’S ISLAND? _______________________________________________________________________________________________
20) List when these nations got their independence and from what country they got independence.
COUNTRY
YEAR
COUNTRY FROM WHICH INDEPENDENCE WAS GAINED
1) GUYANA
___________________ -
___________________________________________________________________
2) SURINAM
___________________ -
___________________________________________________________________
21) What is the situation for French Guiana today? __________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
22) There have been many problems in and among the nations of the TROPICAL NORTH region of South America.
What does the book say the reason for the conflicts, violence and feuding in and among these nations?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________