Q 01/05
A) Ecuador
B) Bolivia
C) Peru
D) Chile
Answer · why
Around a third of the national population lives in the metropolitan area.
Q 02/05
A) The Atlantic
B) The Pacific
C) The Caribbean
D) The Southern
Answer · why
It sits in the desert zone of the central coast, on the valleys of three rivers.
Q 03/05
A) Chillón
B) Lurín
C) Urubamba
D) Rímac
Answer · why
The centre sits 15 km inland on its banks; it supplies drinking water and feeds hydroelectric dams.
Q 04/05
A) Francisco Pizarro
B) Hernán Cortés
C) Diego de Almagro
D) Pedro de Valdivia
Answer · why
He had first tried to put the capital at Jauja before settling on the Rímac valley.
Q 05/05
A) City of the Saints
B) City of the Sun
C) City of the Cross
D) City of the Kings
Answer · why
The foundation was decided on 6 January, the feast of the Epiphany, hence the three crowns on the coat of arms.
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