A | B |
Mestizos | mixed Indians and whites |
zambos | the offspring of Indians and Blacks |
Roman Catholic | religion of Bolivia |
Charqui | dried meat |
chuno | dried potato starch |
mote | a large-grained corn |
Incan | ancient ancestors of Bolivian Indians |
mulattoes | the offspring of blacks and whites |
argentina | the country south of Bolivia |
Cordillera Oriental | one of rugges mountain chains in Bolivia |
Titicaca | largest lake in South America and the world highest navigable lake |
totora | an offshore reed |
La Paz | considered the "de facto" capital of Bolivia |
Jaime Mendoza | one of Bolivia's contemporary writers |
Sucre | the historic capital of Bolivia |
silver | Potosi was the world's greatest supplier of this |
polleras | wide skirts that Bolivian women wear |
Altiplano | one of the three distinct geopgraphic areas in Bolivia |
Nuestra Senora de La Paz | another name for La Paz |
Ancohuma | one of the snow-covered peaks in Bolivia |