B. Originally colonized by the Dutch, Britain took control of the area in 1796. Guyana gained its independence in 1966 and is the only English-speaking nation in South America. Venezuela claims about 40 percent of Guyana's territory despite a 1899 ruling by an international arbitration tribunal that awarded the land to the then British colony.

Q: Many of in Guyana's 800,000 people fear their larger neighbor wants to seize the small nation's . . .

A. Offshore oil

B. Crop land

C. Water resources

D. Deep-water port

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A. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has described newly-elected Granger as a "hostage of Exxon Mobil," which recently discovered the offshore oil in a potential boon for Guyana, whose struggling economy relies heavily on rice, gold, diamonds and bauxite.

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Q: Maduro's critics say he is using the border dispute to distract voters from high inflation, a severe recession and rampant crime ahead of December elections. Venezuela also has recently clashed with its western neighbor . . .

A. Argentina

B. Brazil

C. Colombia

D. Peru

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C. Maduro partially closed Venezuela's border with Colombia and ousted thousands of Colombian migrants. He accused Colombia of waging "an attack on Venezuela's economy" - a reference to the rampant smuggling of heavily subsidized food and other goods out of Venezuela, where more than five million Colombians live.

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Q: Guyana says Venezuela's renewed territorial claims is scaring off the much needed development of the new oil discovery. Guyana is South America's poorest nation and leads the world in the rate of . . .

A. Homicide

B. Malnutrition

C. Malaria

D. Suicide

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D. A World Health Organization (WHO) report published last gives Guyana an age-standardized suicide rate of 44.2 per 100,000 inhabitants. That compares with a world average of 11.4. Guyana's eastern neighbor Suriname has the fifth-highest suicide rate.

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