Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (), is a federal republic located on the northern coast of South America. It is bordered by Colombia on the west, Brazil on the south, Guyana on the east, the Dutch Caribbean ABC islands to the north and the islands of Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east. Venezuela covers and has over 31 million (31,775,371) people. The country has extremely high biodiversity (ranked 7th in the world's list of nations with the most number of species), with habitats ranging from the Andes Mountains in the west to the Amazon Basin rain-forest in the south, via extensive "llanos" plains and Caribbean coast in the center and the Orinoco River Delta in the east.

The territory now known as Venezuela was colonized by Spain in 1522 amid resistance from indigenous peoples. In 1811, it became one of the first Spanish-American territories to declare independence, which was not securely established until 1821, when Venezuela was a department of the federal republic of Gran Colombia. It gained full independence as a separate country in 1830. During the 19th century, Venezuela suffered political turmoil and autocracy, remaining dominated by regional "caudillos" (military strongmen) until the mid-20th century. Since 1958, the country has had a series of democratic governments. Economic shocks in the 1980s and 1990s led to several political crises, including the deadly Caracazo riots of 1989, two attempted coups in 1992, and the impeachment of President Carlos Andres Perez for embezzlement of public funds in 1993. A collapse in confidence in the existing parties saw the 1998 election of former coup-involved career officer Hugo Chavez and the launch of the Bolivarian Revolution, beginning with a 1999 Constituent Assembly to write a new Constitution of Venezuela. This new constitution officially changed the name of the country to "Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela" (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela).

Answer the following questions:
1. When was Venezuela colonized?
2. By whom?
3. Was there resistence?
4. From who?
5. What is it officially known as?
6. What type of republic?
7. What continent is it located on?
8. Which coast?
9. What borders it on the west?
10. What about south?
11. East?
12. How many people live there/
13. What rank is it in number of species?
14. What habitat is in the west?
15. What about south?
16. What riots were in 1989?
17. Who was impeached?
18. For what?
19. What year?
20. What was the official name change in the new constitution?

Numbered answers:
1. 1522
2. Spain
3. yes
4. indigenous peoples.
5. the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (
6. federal republic
7. South America.
8. northern
9. Colombia
10. Brazil
11. Guyana
12. 31,775,371
13. 7th
14. the Andes Mountains
15. the Amazon Basin rain-forest
16. Caracazo riots
17. Carlos Andres Perez
18. embezzlement
19. 1993.
20. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela