Columbia

About 30% of Columbians are under the age of...

14

Columbia gained its independence from Spain in...

1810

Thick corn tortillas in Columbia are called ... and are served with most Columbian meals

Arepas

A pasteleria is

Bakery that sells sweet treats

Columbia's capitol and largest city is

Bogata

Columbia is the world's second largest... producer after Brazil

Coffee

Every night in Leticia, thousands of small parrots

Come to the central park to rest

Many restaurants offer a lunch special called

Comida corriente

Columbia mines about 90% of the world's supply of

Emeralds

Most of the original residents of Bogata came from

Europe

People in Cartengena do not like to dance; true or false

Falso

Why is Columbia's cut flower production so high

Flowers can be grown year round because of the favorable climate

Cartagena has been called the most beautiful colonial city ...

In all of Latin America

Nutritious fruit juices made in a blender with strawberries, mangos, bananas, passion fruit, and milk are

Jugos

Write three things you can buy at the Bogata Flea Market

Las joyas, las pinturas, y las ropas

Columbia covers 1% of the world's land mass but is home to 10% of its...

Living species

...is a mixture of Spanish and Amerindian people

Mestizo

Gabriel Garcia Marquez won the ... in Literature in 1982

Nobel Prize

90% of Columbia's population is

Roman Catholic

Medellin, Columbia's second largest city, has been called the "city of eternal...

Spring"

Columbia is twice the size of

Texas