Peruvian Geography and Nature

Geography And Nature

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  1. Complete the sentence about Pisco, Peru with the correct year: Pisco was attacked by the pirates Clerck and David; in addition, in ______ it was destroyed by an earthquake, which caused a tsunami to f…
  2. Complete the sentence about Pisco, Peru with the correct year: Viceroy Melchor Antonio Portocarrero Lazo de la Vega then moved it to its current location, reestablishing it in ______ as "Villa de Nues…
  3. Complete the sentence about Mollendo with the correct year: About ______, the legendary Inca Mayta Cápac, puts the regions of Arequipa and Moquegua under the control of the Inca empire.
  4. Complete the sentence about Mollendo with the correct year: On March 9, ______, the Main Body of the expedition entered Mollendo.
  5. Complete the sentence about Paita with the correct year: The city was founded on 30 March ______ by the conqueror Francisco Pizarro, who named it San Francisco de Paita of Good Hope.
  6. Complete the sentence about Talara with the correct year: In ______, the IPC took control of oil operations in Talara after acquiring the assets of Lobitos Oilfield Limited, consolidating its presence…
  7. Complete the sentence about Los Órganos with the correct year: The castle was later occupied by the Almohads until it was captured and garrisoned by Alfonso VIII's troops on 18 July ______, following…
  8. Complete the sentence about Huanchaco with the correct year: During the period of the Chimú culture, 800 to ______, Huanchaco was the port for Chan Chan, which was established 4 km away.
  9. Complete the sentence about Huanchaco with the correct year: Subsequently, Huanchaco functioned as the main port of Trujillo city, but the port closed in ______.
  10. Complete the sentence about Ferreñafe with the correct year: Ferreñafe was founded on December 13, ______, by captain Alonso de Osorio.
  11. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The park was established on 16 October ______ and has a surface area of 134 km.
  12. Complete the sentence about Batán Grande with the correct year: The Sicán Culture developed between 700 and ______ on the north coast of Peru.
  13. Complete the sentence about Pacasmayo with the correct year: By order of Virrey Teodoro de Croix in the year ______, the Spanish conquistadors founded Pacasmayo.
  14. Complete the sentence about Pacasmayo with the correct year: The year of ______ began the construction of the Pacasmayo dock or "muelle de Pacasmayo" and the train Pacasmayo-Chilete, which turned into…
  15. Complete the sentence about Cerro Azul, Peru with the correct year: Under the Spanish, its coast saw several naval battles and excursions, including that of Joris van Spilbergen in ______.
  16. Complete the sentence about Cerro Azul, Peru with the correct year: The renowned quality of its waves is mentioned in the ______ Beach Boys' song Surfin' Safari.
  17. Complete the sentence about Cerro Azul, Peru with the correct year: Cerro Azul's main feature is the pier which was built by a British company around ______ for the export of locally grown cotton.
  18. Complete the sentence about Lunahuaná with the correct year: Lunahuaná was officially founded in ______ as a market town of Don José de San Martín.
  19. Complete the sentence about Lunahuaná with the correct year: In the center of the village there is a Catholic church, situated at the main square, which was built by the Order of the Franciscans in __…
  20. Complete the sentence about Tarma with the correct year: With the introduction of the Intendencias in ______, the first Intendente Don Juan Maria Gálvez, converted or elevated the status of the villag…
  21. Complete the sentence about Tarma with the correct year: In ______ the first cadastre was made in Tarma, concluding that the town had 775 houses and approximately 3500 inhabitants.
  22. Complete the sentence about Oxapampa with the correct year: Oxapampa was founded in ______ by settlers of Austrian and Germanic origin from Pozuzo.
  23. Complete the sentence about Oxapampa with the correct year: Finally, in ______ a group of 170 people moved permanently to Pozuzo.
  24. Complete the sentence about Huancavelica with the correct year: The city was established on August 5, ______ by the Viceroy of Peru Francisco de Toledo.
  25. Complete the sentence about Huancavelica with the correct year: The most infamous one being the Marroquin caving in ______, which took the lives of over two hundred Indians.
  26. Complete the sentence about Huancavelica with the correct year: The city itself was established on August 5, ______ by viceroy Francisco de Toledo.
  27. Complete the sentence about Andahuaylas with the correct year: On November 7, ______, it was founded by Francisco Pizarro as "San Pedro de Andahuaylas la Grande, de la Corona," according to the chroni…
  28. Complete the sentence about Andahuaylas with the correct year: By law of April 28, ______, it was added to the Department of Apurímac.
  29. Complete the sentence about Cutervo with the correct year: The expansion of the Inca Empire subdued the peoples of this region around ______, a task attributed to the Inca Tupac Yupanqui.
  30. Complete the sentence about Cutervo with the correct year: In ______, the lands were distributed through encomiendas, with the province of Guambos, to which Cutervo belonged, corresponding to the Span…
  31. Complete the sentence about Cutervo with the correct year: On November 12, ______, the first Political Constitution of Peru was promulgated.
  32. Complete the sentence about Jaén, Peru with the correct year: According to him, Huayurco played a significant role in long-distance interregional trade between Andean and Amazonian cultures happening…
  33. Complete the sentence about Tingo María with the correct year: Tingo María was considered unreachable until ______, when the Montaña Road reached the settlement.
  34. Complete the sentence about Tingo María with the correct year: Tingo María is where actor Eric Fleming, star of American TV show Rawhide with Clint Eastwood, died on September 28, ______, while shooti…
  35. Complete the sentence about Nauta with the correct year: In ______, a Brazilian-owned paddle steamer made it all the way to Nauta.
  36. Complete the sentence about Amazon river dolphin with the correct year: The species Inia geoffrensis was described by Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville in ______.
  37. Complete the sentence about Humboldt penguin with the correct year: In July ______, a Humboldt penguin was caught in a fishing net off the coast of Prince of Wales Island in Alaska.
  38. Complete the sentence about Quinoa with the correct year: According to a ______ study, its presumed ancestor is either Chenopodium berlandieri, from North America, or the Andean species Ch. hircinum.
  39. Complete the sentence about Cinchona with the correct year: Carl Linnaeus named the genus in ______, based on a story from 104 years earlier.
  40. Complete the sentence about Cinchona with the correct year: The claim is that the plant cured a case of malaria suffered by the Countess of Chinchón, the vicereine of Peru in ______.
  41. Which place completes this sentence about Arequipa? With a projected population of 1,195,700 in 2025, it is the country's second most populous city after ______.
  42. Which place completes this sentence about Piura? The city is located in the central eastern part of the Piura Region, 981 kilometers from the country's capital, ______ and is near to the border with E…
  43. Which place completes this sentence about Chimbote? Ethnography refers to these first settlers as fishermen from the resort of Huanchaco, west of ______, which is why they were called huanchaqueros.
  44. Which place completes this sentence about Chimbote? The opening of the Pan-American Highway created easy access to ______ in the 1930s.
  45. Which place completes this sentence about Tacna? In 1929, the Treaty of ______ was signed in which Chile kept Arica, whilst Peru reacquired Tacna and received a…
  46. Which place completes this sentence about Sullana? Sullana is a city in Peru and the capital of the Sullana Province, in the ______ region.
  47. Which place completes this sentence about Sullana? Located in the north-western coastal plains on the Chira valley, the city is home to 225,615 people as of 2020 and is one of the most important citie…
  48. Which place completes this sentence about Tarapoto? The city's oldest school dates back to 1900, when it was established under the name of "San Miguel" by Juan Jiménez Pimentel, an educator originally…
  49. Which place completes this sentence about Callao? Located next to the Pacific Ocean, it forms part of the ______ metropolitan area alongside Lima province.
  50. Which place completes this sentence about Sacsayhuamán? In 1983, ______ and Sacsayhuamán together were designated as sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List, for international recognition and protecti…
  51. Which place completes this sentence about Qorikancha? Pachakuti Inca Yupanqui rebuilt ______ and the House of the Sun, enriching it with more oracles and edifices, and adding plates of fine gold.
  52. Which place completes this sentence about Choquequirao? Choquequirao is a 16th-century Incan site in the ______ Region of southern Peru.
  53. Which place completes the sentence? The site can only be reached by a two-day hike from outside ______.
  54. Which place completes this sentence about Chan Chan? As is known, the ______ region presented the Mochica, Quingnam, Culli and Quechua languages, among others, of which only Mochica and Quechua are su…
  55. Which place completes this sentence about Lake Titicaca? The western part of the lake lies within the ______ Region of Peru, and the eastern side is located in the Bolivian La Paz Department.
  56. Which place completes this sentence about Misti? Misti is a volcano in the southern Peruvian Andes, rising above ______, Peru's second-largest city.
  57. Which place completes this sentence about Colca Canyon? No passable roads existed between ______ and Chivay until the 1940s when a road was completed to serve the silver and copper mines of the region…
  58. Which place completes this sentence about Cotahuasi Canyon? As is the case with cultures all over the world, the people of highland ______ Province are also changing with the times.
  59. Which place completes the sentence? Four bus companies start daily from the ______ bus terminal, between 4 and 6 pm.
  60. Which place completes this sentence about Sechura Desert? The Sechura Desert is a coastal desert located south of the ______ Region of Peru along the Pacific coast and inland to the foothills of the A…
  61. Which place completes the sentence? During the 1950s, the bay of ______ was the top fishing port of the world.
  62. Which place completes this sentence about Cajamarca Region? The oldest known irrigation canals in the Americas are located in the Nanchoc District of ______ Department.
  63. Which place completes this sentence about La Libertad Region? On February 12, 1821, San Martín issued a Provisional Regulation, providing for the creation of the Department of ______, among others.
  64. Which place completes this sentence about La Libertad Region? The Governorate of Bracamoros supported ______'s independence and declared its own from the Real Audiencia of Quito on June 4, 1821.
  65. Which place completes this sentence about Lambayeque Region? The water supply project will transfer up to 2 billion m annually of water from the Huancabamba River in the department of ______ east of L…
  66. Which place completes this sentence about Lambayeque Region? In the 16th century, the Spaniard leader Francisco Pizarro took his conquistadors across the region on the way to ______ to conclude the de…
  67. Which place completes this sentence about Puno Region? According to the adjusted 2025 census results, 1,233,000 people lived in ______.
  68. Which place completes this sentence about Tacna Region? During this time, the city of ______ was called Villa San Pedro de Tacna.
  69. Which place completes this sentence about Tacna Region? In 1615 and 1784 ______ experienced violent earthquakes, and many towns were reduced to ruins.
  70. Which place completes this sentence about Tacna Region? In 1811, Francisco Antonio de Zela made the first declarations in favour of a libertarian administration from ______.
  71. Which place completes the sentence? On June 25, 1875, the department of ______ was created by law.
  72. Which place completes this sentence about Tumbes Region? On January 12, 1871, what was then the district of ______ was elevated to the Province of Tumbes.
  73. Which place completes this sentence about Cusco Cathedral? The Cathedral Basilica of ______, together with the Triunfo temple make up the Cathedral Complex, it is located in the northeast sector of th…
  74. Which place completes this sentence about Huanchaco? Subsequently, Huanchaco functioned as the main port of ______ city, but the port closed in 1870.
  75. Which place completes this sentence about Cutervo? Cutervo is a town in northern Peru, capital of both Cutervo District and Cutervo Province in the ______ Region.
  76. Which place completes this sentence about Nauta? Nauta is the primary destination of the only major road leading out of ______, and is a staging area for several ecotourism lodges and ships on the Mar…

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