Guyana says Venezuela deployed troops on border

Sep. 28, 2015

Q: Guyana's President David Granger says Venezuela has deployed troops along their border, describing the move as a "dangerous escalation" in the long-running dispute between the two South American neighbors. Bordering Venezuela, Brazil and Suriname, where is Guyana on this map?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: Granger responded by sending his troops to the border which has been disputed since Venezuela's independence in 1824 when Guyana was a colony of . . .

A. France

B. Britain

C. Spain

D. Netherlands

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

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

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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