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  1. Complete the sentence about Arequipa with the correct year: Arequipa joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in ______.
  2. Complete the sentence about Arequipa with the correct year: The site of the city was founded on 15 August ______, when it was named "Villa Hermosa de Nuestra Señora de la Asunta de Arequipa".
  3. Complete the sentence about Arequipa with the correct year: On 25 September ______, by a real cédula issued by Charles V, it became the "City of Arequipa".
  4. Complete the sentence about Trujillo, Peru with the correct year: In ______, to facilitate the campaign for independence, Trujillo was declared the provisional capital of Peru by Bolívar.
  5. Complete the sentence about Trujillo, Peru with the correct year: The coat of arms of the city was awarded on December 7, ______, by Royal Decree issued by the King of Spain, Charles V.
  6. Complete the sentence about Piura with the correct year: The coat of arms of Piura was created by the Spanish Crown on December 7, ______, through the Royal Decree signed in Valladolid by Emperor Char…
  7. Complete the sentence about Piura with the correct year: The Piura anthem was composed in ______ by Enrique del Carmen Ramos Briceño, at the request of the Colegio Nuestra Señora de Lourdes.
  8. Complete the sentence about Piura with the correct year: The earliest mention of Piura appears in ______, when Francisco de Jerez referred to the valley of the Piura River, not to a settlement.
  9. Complete the sentence about Iquitos with the correct year: According to Spanish historical documents, Iquitos was established around ______ as a Spanish Jesuit reduction on the banks of the Nanay Rive…
  10. Complete the sentence about Cusco with the correct year: In ______, Cusco was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO with the title "City of Cusco".
  11. Complete the sentence about Chimbote with the correct year: In ______, when General Santa Cruz granted Chimbote's first official acknowledgement, Chimbote was a village of fishermen with a population…
  12. Complete the sentence about Chimbote with the correct year: In ______, an agreement was made with Henry Meiggs to build a railroad towards the interior of the country.
  13. Complete the sentence about Huancayo with the correct year: Despite efforts to defend its independence, the Huancas were eventually subdued by the Inca leader Pachacutec in ______ and the region was i…
  14. Complete the sentence about Tacna with the correct year: The Treaty of Ancón was signed in ______ between Peru and Chile, ending the war.
  15. Complete the sentence about Tacna with the correct year: On 27 February ______, a mudslide began at the Quebrada del Diablo at 4 p.m., following a continuous period of unusual heavy rain and lightning…
  16. Complete the sentence about Tacna with the correct year: In ______, the Treaty of Lima was signed in which Chile kept Arica, whilst Peru reacquired Tacna and received a…
  17. Complete the sentence about Ica, Peru with the correct year: While the area was long inhabited by varying cultures of indigenous peoples, the Spanish conquistador Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera claimed its…
  18. Complete the sentence about Ica, Peru with the correct year: The city suffered extensive damage and loss of life during the ______ Peru earthquake.
  19. Complete the sentence about Ica, Peru with the correct year: In ______, researchers found the fossil remains of a prehistoric penguin, Icadyptes salasi, which inhabited the Atacama Desert about 30 mil…
  20. Complete the sentence about Ica, Peru with the correct year: The Spanish colonial city was founded on 17 June ______ by Gerónimo Luis de Cabrera as Villa de Valverde.
  21. Complete the sentence about Ayacucho with the correct year: The original name Huamanga was officially changed to Ayacucho by decree of Liberator Simón Bolívar on February 15, ______.
  22. Complete the sentence about Ayacucho with the correct year: The Wari civilization collapsed by about ______ AD, and the capital city of Wari was abandoned.
  23. Complete the sentence about Cajamarca with the correct year: In ______ the Organization of American States designated Cajamarca as a site of Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Americas.
  24. Complete the sentence about Puno with the correct year: The city was established in ______ by viceroy Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro as capital of the province of Paucarcolla with the name San Juan…
  25. Complete the sentence about Tarapoto with the correct year: Tarapoto, founded in ______ as Santa Cruz de los Motilones de Tarapoto, is a commercial hub town in the San Martín Province of the Departmen…
  26. Complete the sentence about Tarapoto with the correct year: Tarapoto was founded on August 20, ______, by the Spanish bishop Baltasar Jaime Martínez Compañón.
  27. Complete the sentence about Tarapoto with the correct year: The city's oldest school dates back to ______, when it was established under the name of "San Miguel" by Juan Jiménez Pimentel, an educator…
  28. Complete the sentence about Tumbes, Peru with the correct year: After ______, Inca Pachacuti ruled over Tumbes and the territory became an important political stronghold during the Inca Empire.
  29. Complete the sentence about Tumbes, Peru with the correct year: Tumbes was first visited by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro during the start of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire in ______…
  30. Complete the sentence about Tumbes, Peru with the correct year: The Protocol of Rio de Janeiro signed in ______ with Ecuador legally confirmed Peru's previously de facto rights over Tumbes after a vic…
  31. Complete the sentence about Puerto Maldonado with the correct year: In ______, the Peruvian Government created a committee to explore possibilities to exploit the nation's rainforests.
  32. Complete the sentence about Puerto Maldonado with the correct year: Villata officially founded Puerto Maldonado on 10 July ______, as a station at the confluence of the Tambopata and the Madre de Dios…
  33. Complete the sentence about Huánuco with the correct year: The city of Huánuco was founded by Spanish conquistador Gómez de Alvarado in ______, in the Inca town of the Yarowilca clan, Wanako.
  34. Complete the sentence about Huánuco with the correct year: In ______, the city was moved to its current location in the Pillco Valley.
  35. Complete the sentence about Moquegua with the correct year: Tradition holds that the colonial city was founded on 25 November ______, by Pedro Cansino and his wife Josefina de Bilbao.
  36. Complete the sentence about Cerro de Pasco with the correct year: Originally known as Villa de Pasco, the settlement's origins were as a mining town dating from ______.
  37. Complete the sentence about Cerro de Pasco with the correct year: Cerro de Pasco became one of the world's richest silver producing areas after silver was discovered there in ______.
  38. Complete the sentence about Cerro de Pasco with the correct year: Compania Minera Atacocha started operations at the Atacocha Mine in ______.
  39. Complete the sentence about Machu Picchu with the correct year: Estimated to be built around ______, it is believed to have served as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti, though no contemporary w…
  40. Complete the sentence about Machu Picchu with the correct year: Rowe's historical reconstruction of the reign of Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, have placed the beginning of construction around ______, 10 ye…
  41. Complete the sentence about Sacsayhuamán with the correct year: In ______, Cusco and Sacsayhuamán together were designated as sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List, for international recognition and…
  42. Complete the sentence about Qorikancha with the correct year: When the Spanish in ______ required the Inca to raise a ransom in gold for the life of their Emperor Atahualpa, most of the gold was colle…
  43. Complete the sentence about Chan Chan with the correct year: After the Inca conquered the Chimú around ______ AD, Chan Chan fell into decline.
  44. Complete the sentence about Kuelap with the correct year: The city may have had some 3000 inhabitants, but was abandoned in ______ due to the Spanish Conquest.
  45. Complete the sentence about Kuelap with the correct year: Kuélap was accidentally rediscovered in ______, by Juan Crisóstomo Nieto, a judge from the city of Chachapoyas.
  46. Complete the sentence about Nazca Lines with the correct year: The first published mention of the Nazca Lines was by Spanish conquistador Pedro Cieza de León in his ______ book, where he described the…
  47. Complete the sentence about Nazca Lines with the correct year: In ______, Spanish magistrate Luis Monzón reported having seen ancient ruins in Peru, including the remains of "roads".
  48. Complete the sentence about Sacred Valley with the correct year: The Killke civilization then flourished in the Sacred Valley from 900 until it was absorbed into the Incan Empire in ______.
  49. Complete the sentence about Lake Titicaca with the correct year: Since ______, Lake Titicaca has experienced constantly receding water levels.
  50. Complete the sentence about Uros with the correct year: While most of the Uru have shifted to Aymara and Spanish, two people still spoke in ______ the nearly extinct Uru language, which is closely rel…
  51. Complete the sentence about Uros with the correct year: Trout was introduced to the lake from Canada in ______, and kingfish was introduced from Argentina.
  52. Complete the sentence about Taquile with the correct year: In ______, "Taquile and Its Textile Art" were honored by being proclaimed "Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" by U…
  53. Complete the sentence about Marañón River with the correct year: The Marañón River is Peru's second-longest river, according to a ______ statistical publication by the Instituto Nacional de Estadístic…
  54. Complete the sentence about Urubamba River with the correct year: The lower Urubamba River was mapped for the first time in ______ by Edward Kellog Strong III.
  55. Complete the sentence about Urubamba River with the correct year: John Walter Gregory, a British geologist, drowned in the river on 2 June ______, while on a geological expedition to the Andes.
  56. Complete the sentence about Madre de Dios River with the correct year: Peruvian activity in the Madre de Dios River basin began in ______ after the Peruvian Rubber baron Carlos Fitzcarrald's first por…
  57. Complete the sentence about Cordillera Blanca with the correct year: Huascarán National Park, established in ______, encompasses almost the entire range of the Cordillera Blanca.
  58. Complete the sentence about Huascarán with the correct year: The first recorded mention of the name Huascarán appeared in ______ as Huascan, given by the local people likely because the mountain rises…
  59. Complete the sentence about Alpamayo with the correct year: A French-Belgian expedition including George and Claude Kogan claimed to have made the first ascent in ______.
  60. Complete the sentence about Colca Canyon with the correct year: The Inca probably arrived in the Colca Valley around ______ AD, and established their dominion through marriage, rather than through war…
  61. Complete the sentence about Cotahuasi Canyon with the correct year: The Cotahuasi Subbasin is a landscape park set up by a ______ decree.
  62. Complete the sentence about Humboldt Current with the correct year: In ______, von Humboldt reported measurements of the cold-water current in his book Cosmos.
  63. Complete the sentence about Sechura Desert with the correct year: In ______, the town of Sechura was destroyed by a tsunami and was later rebuilt in its present location.
  64. Complete the sentence about Sechura Desert with the correct year: In ______, a tsunami generated from an earthquake swept inland, destroying the town of Sechura, then located closer to the water.
  65. Complete the sentence about Sechura Desert with the correct year: In ______, the runoff from the flooding rivers poured into the coastal Sechura Desert.
  66. Complete the sentence about Manu National Park with the correct year: Manu National Park was established by decree on 29 May ______; during the dictatorship of General Juan Velasco.
  67. Complete the sentence about Manu National Park with the correct year: In ______, the Peruvian government increased the extension of the park to its current area.
  68. Complete the sentence about Huascarán National Park with the correct year: On 18 February ______, a government resolution prohibiting the logging and hunting of native species in the area of the Cordi…
  69. Complete the sentence about Tambopata National Reserve with the correct year: In ______, Georgia Tech researcher Troy Alexander discovered four bizarre gazebo-shaped spider nests while visiting the Re…
  70. Complete the sentence about Arequipa Region with the correct year: In ______, the Peruvian Air Force responded to a UFO incident over Arequipa.
  71. Complete the sentence about Cajamarca Region with the correct year: The Incas in ______ established a new province there to serve as a bridge to their later conquests.
  72. Complete the sentence about Junín Region with the correct year: Sapa Inca Pachacuti conquered this region in ______, bringing it under the domain of the Inca Empire.
  73. Complete the sentence about La Libertad Region with the correct year: On February 12, ______, San Martín issued a Provisional Regulation, providing for the creation of the Department of Trujillo, amon…
  74. Complete the sentence about La Libertad Region with the correct year: The Governorate of Bracamoros supported Trujillo's independence and declared its own from the Real Audiencia of Quito on June 4, _…
  75. Complete the sentence about La Libertad Region with the correct year: While the city's name change was undone through another law on July 21, ______, the department's name was not changed, and has sin…
  76. Complete the sentence about Loreto Region with the correct year: The territory of Maynas was first incorporated into Peru as part of the Department of La Libertad until ______.
  77. Complete the sentence about Loreto Region with the correct year: On November 21, ______, the Department of Amazonas was created, which included the province.
  78. Complete the sentence about Madre de Dios Region with the correct year: A new road that opened in early ______ through the area will connect Brazil and Peru for trade, and change the isolation of this…
  79. Complete the sentence about San Martín Region with the correct year: In ______, Spaniard Alonso de Alvarado reached the Mayo River and founded a city he named Santiago de los Valles de Moyobamba, whic…
  80. Complete the sentence about San Martín Region with the correct year: On August 19, ______, Moyobamba was the first Peruvian city in declaring its independence.
  81. Complete the sentence about Tacna Region with the correct year: The first groups of Spanish conquerors arrived in the region in ______.
  82. Complete the sentence about Tacna Region with the correct year: In ______, Francisco Antonio de Zela made the first declarations in favour of a libertarian administration from Tacna.
  83. Complete the sentence about Tacna Region with the correct year: On June 25, ______, the department of Tacna was created by law.
  84. Complete the sentence about Tumbes Region with the correct year: On January 12, ______, what was then the district of Tumbes was elevated to the Province of Tumbes.
  85. Complete the sentence about Tumbes Region with the correct year: Following the events of the war, the province was upgraded into a department of Peru in ______.
  86. Complete the sentence about Larco Museum with the correct year: In ______, Rafael Larco Herrera acquired a collection of vases and other archaeological pieces from his brother-in-law, Alfredo Hoyle.
  87. Complete the sentence about Larco Museum with the correct year: On July 28, ______, Independence Day, the museum opened to the public as Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera.
  88. Complete the sentence about San Isidro, Lima with the correct year: In ______, Antonio de Ribera, attorney general, mayor, and field marshal to Gonzalo Pizarro, brought the first olive trees that gave…
  89. Complete the sentence about San Isidro, Lima with the correct year: In ______, it passed into the hands of José Gregorio Paz Soldán, and finally, into the hands of the Moreyra and Paz Soldán family.
  90. Complete the sentence about San Isidro, Lima with the correct year: The district was officially created on April 24, ______, San Isidro, along with Orrantia and Country Club neighborhoods, was separat…
  91. Complete the sentence about Lima Cathedral with the correct year: Master builder Alonso Gonzales Beltrán was given the task, in ______, of designing a large church with three naves and side chapels.
  92. Complete the sentence about Santa Catalina Monastery with the correct year: On October 2, ______, date on which the first monastery was completed, a high mass is held in the city so that from that day…
  93. Complete the sentence about Santa Catalina Monastery with the correct year: The Santa Catalina Monastery was wrapped in a veil of mystery and silence until ______, when a large part of the convent ope…
  94. Complete the sentence about Arequipa Cathedral with the correct year: On August 15 ______, the city of Arequipa was founded by Garcí Manuel de Carbajal.
  95. Complete the sentence about Arequipa Cathedral with the correct year: In ______, Bula of Pope Paul V created the Arequipa Diocese, separating it from the one in Cuzco.
  96. Complete the sentence about Cusco Cathedral with the correct year: Since ______ the temple has been part of the Monumental Zone of Cusco declared as a Historical Monument of Peru.
  97. Complete the sentence about Cusco Cathedral with the correct year: The first cathedral in Cusco is the Iglesia del Triunfo, built in ______ on the basis of the palace of Viracocha Inca.
  98. Complete the sentence about Twelve-angled stone with the correct year: The block is categorized as Cultural Heritage of the Nation of Peru and is located in the city of Cusco, ______ km from Lima.
  99. Complete the sentence about Pisco, Peru with the correct year: The town of Santa Maria Magdalena, which was founded in ______, had a port named Pisco, after the name of the valley in which it was loca…
  100. Complete the sentence about Pisco, Peru with the correct year: The city was highly populated until ______, when it was pillaged by English pirates.

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