Q 01/05

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

A) Paracas

B) Chachapoya

C) Tiwanaku

D) Caral-Supe

Answer · why

D) Caral-Supe

Caral-Supe raised its pyramids north of Lima at about the time Egypt built its own, yet it left no pottery, no weapons and no defensive walls; Mexico'...

Q 02/05

Which lake in Peru's southern highlands is often called the world's highest navigable lake?

A) Poopó

B) Titicaca

C) Junín

D) Maracaibo

Answer · why

B) Titicaca

Lake Titicaca's first steamship, the Yavari, was built in England in 1862, shipped out in pieces small enough for mules to carry up the Andes, and fin...

Q 03/05

The Amazon proper begins in Peru where the Marañón meets which other river?

A) Ucayali

B) Urubamba

C) Orinoco

D) Paraná

Answer · why

A) Ucayali

The Ucayali meets the Marañón in northern Peru, and from there Peruvians call the river the Amazon; across the border it is renamed the Solimões and b...

Q 04/05

Which Inca emperor was captured by the Spanish at Cajamarca in 1532?

A) Atahualpa

B) Huayna Capac

C) Pachacuti

D) Túpac Amaru

Answer · why

A) Atahualpa

Atahualpa offered to fill a room with gold in exchange for his freedom; the Spanish melted down the treasure that poured in from across the empire, th...

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

Quechua kept spreading after the conquest because Catholic missionaries preached in it, until colonial officials banned it from public use after the T...