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| What is the predominant religion of Venezula? |
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| Name 3 Ameri-Indian Languages of Venezula? |
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| Arwak,chibcha, and cariban |
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| What is the currency of Venezuela? |
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| What is the capital of Venezula? |
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| Who was the first european to set foot on venezuela? |
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| What were the 3 major tribes in venezuela? |
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| What is the history of the name of venezuela? |
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| who gave venezuela its name? |
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| spanish explorer Alonso de Ojeda |
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| When was the first spanish settlement established in venezuela? |
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| What was the outcome of european and tribal clashes? |
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| swath of death by spanish and german, little resistance to disease, 2/3 of carcas vally population wiped out. |
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| What was the main reason that Spanish pushed down into venezuela |
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| for the mythical city el darado |
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| how was spanish interest thwarted? |
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| by simon de bolivar, they lost interest due to lack of lootables.was american born spanish elite. |
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| When did simon de bolivar get independance? |
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| in 1821 with help of british merceneries and help of army or horseman los llanos |
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| What was the first country that simon-de-bolivar liberated? |
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| What are some other countires apart from columbia an venezuela which bolivar liberated? |
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| ecudor , peru , and bolivia |
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| What is the popular name for simon bolivar? |
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| What was bolivar's dream? |
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| What was Venezuela's great discovery in 1910? |
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| Huge Oil Reserves, in marcaibo basin |
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| What was the post independance state of venezuela? |
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| ruled by military dictators till uprising in 1947 . |
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| What was one major hickup in the countries economy since after the independance? |
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| drop in oil prices in 1988. |
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| Who was the last president critizied for unconstitutional opression of civil liberties? |
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| What are some of Venezuella's economic problems? |
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| there is rampant inflation |
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| who is hugo chavez and when was he elected? |
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| hugo chavez is venezula's president elected in 1998. he had tried a coup before but failed and imprisoned. |
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| What happened in April of 2002 ? |
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| well us and spain tried a coup out chavez but he returned after interim government collapsed in 3 days. |
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| caracas is the capital of venezuela. it is supposedly immense wealth mixed with immense poverty , shanty huts and extremely tall buildings |
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| Angel falls the worlds highest water fall. , 16 times the height of niagra |
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