Match the item from the item bank to its corresponding match. question 1 options: caribbean pacific ocean venezuela panama mexico brazil amazon andes 1. this country, the largest in south america, is a federative republic and is the only american country to use portuguese as its official language. 2. this country was once a spanish colony and is one of the major exporters of oil in the western hemisphere. 3. this mountain range is found in south america and was home to the incan empire. 4. this is the largest river (by volume of water) in the world and it runs through the northern regions of south america. 5. this body of water to the north of south america contains the countries of cuba and jamaica. 6. this body of water stretches from north and south america westward to australia and the eastern coast of asia. 7. this country is located in an isthmus between central and south america. 8. this country was once home to the maya and aztec civilizations, came under spanish control in the 1500s, and since 1917 has been a representative, democratic republic with a presidential system.