Q 01/05

Which ancient civilization in Peru is considered the earliest known complex society in the Americas?

A) Nazca

B) Moche

C) Wari

D) Caral-Supe

Answer · why

D) Caral-Supe

The Caral-Supe civilization, flourishing along Peru's Pacific coast between 3,000 and 1,800 BCE, is recognized as the earliest civilization in the Ame...

Q 02/05

Which body of water on the Peru–Bolivia border is often called the world's highest navigable lake?

A) Poopó

B) Titicaca

C) Junín

D) Maracaibo

Answer · why

B) Titicaca

It sits at 3,812 metres and is also the largest lake in South America by volume.

Q 03/05

The Amazon River, one of the world's longest rivers, has its most distant source in which country?

A) Brazil

B) Colombia

C) Peru

D) Ecuador

Answer · why

C) Peru

Its headwaters lie high in the Andes; the Peruvian stretch of the river is still known locally as the Marañón.

Q 04/05

Which country is home to more than half of the world's alpacas?

A) Bolivia

B) Chile

C) Peru

D) Argentina

Answer · why

C) Peru

After the Spanish conquest in 1532 an estimated 98% of the animals were destroyed; the herds have since recovered mainly in southern Peru.

Q 05/05

Which Indigenous language, once the Inca Empire's tongue, is co-official in Peru?

A) Guarani

B) Quechua

C) Mapudungun

D) Nahuatl

Answer · why

B) Quechua

Quechuan languages are spoken natively by about 17% of Peruvians, mostly in the Andean highlands.