Peruvian History and Politics

History And Politics

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  1. Complete the sentence about Alan García with the correct year: In ______, he filed for asylum following president Alberto Fujimori's self-coup, and exiled himself with his family in Colombia and Franc…
  2. Complete the sentence about Alan García with the correct year: In the aftermath of Fujimori's downfall, he made a political comeback as he ran for the presidency in ______, but lost in the second roun…
  3. Complete the sentence about Alan García with the correct year: In ______, he was again elected president, defeating Ollanta Humala, a feat considered a political resurrection due to the failure of his…
  4. Complete the sentence about Alberto Fujimori with the correct year: In ______, his daughter Keiko became the country's first female elected president.
  5. Complete the sentence about Alberto Fujimori with the correct year: In ______, he graduated from La Gran Unidad Escolar Alfonso Ugarte in Lima.
  6. Complete the sentence about Shining Path with the correct year: When it first launched its "people's war" in ______, the Shining Path's goal was to overthrow the government through guerrilla warfare a…
  7. Complete the sentence about Abimael Guzmán with the correct year: In ______, Guzmán attended a cadre training course in China, returning to Lima and taking a leave of absence from his professorship to…
  8. Complete the sentence about Abimael Guzmán with the correct year: In April ______, he led his faction of the PCP to an international meeting in Albania.
  9. Complete the sentence about Abimael Guzmán with the correct year: In the ______, the Peruvian Communist Party splintered over ideological and personal disputes.
  10. Complete the sentence about Japanese embassy hostage crisis with the correct year: On the night of 17 December ______, a party was held at the Japanese ambassador's residence in San Isidro District, L…
  11. Complete the sentence about Cenepa War with the correct year: Then, at the end of ______, a new crisis suddenly erupted, this time in the undemarcated border area proper, around the Condor range and t…
  12. Complete the sentence about Cenepa War with the correct year: Peruvian accounts state that in November ______, a Peruvian patrol, advancing through the Cenepa headwaters, was intercepted by an Ecuador…
  13. Complete the sentence about Peruvian internal conflict with the correct year: The RMG favoured Marxist-orientated trade unions, so much that by ______, pro-Communist unions were three times larger tha…
  14. Complete the sentence about Truth and Reconciliation Commission with the correct year: The internal conflict in Peru was ignited by the ______ Presidential election that led to guerrilla warfare by se…
  15. Complete the sentence about Truth and Reconciliation Commission with the correct year: Although rebel groups remain lightly active, the government ended its engagement in the conflict after President…
  16. Complete the sentence about Truth and Reconciliation Commission with the correct year: The revolutionary group was organized as a Maoist political group in ______ after the dissolution of the Communis…
  17. Complete the sentence about Valentín Paniagua with the correct year: Due to Fujimori shortening his presidential term in order to expire on 28 July ______, Paniagua's main task was to oversee the new…
  18. Complete the sentence about Valentín Paniagua with the correct year: The coup d'état of General Juan Velasco Alvarado on 3 October ______, sent Paniagua out of Congress and for some years he was left…
  19. Complete the sentence about Alejandro Toledo with the correct year: Subsequently, he would try to regain the presidency in the ______ Peruvian general election, placing fourth.
  20. Complete the sentence about Ollanta Humala with the correct year: In ______, Humala was arrested by Peruvian authorities on corruption charges.
  21. Complete the sentence about Pedro Pablo Kuczynski with the correct year: For the 5 June ______ runoff election, Kuczynski supported right-winger Keiko Fujimori over leftist Ollanta Humala, but Humala…
  22. Complete the sentence about Martín Vizcarra with the correct year: The snap election for a new congress was held on 26 January ______, with the legislature elected becoming opposition-led once again.
  23. Complete the sentence about Francisco Sagasti with the correct year: After the ______ Peruvian constitutional crisis, Sagasti left his position at the World Bank to return to Peru.
  24. Complete the sentence about Dina Boluarte with the correct year: Boluarte was born in a Quechua-speaking peasant family, in the village of Chalhuanca, Apurímac, on 31 May ______.
  25. Complete the sentence about Keiko Fujimori with the correct year: Beginning in ______, she was prosecuted in connection with the Odebrecht corruption scandal, spending more than a year in pretrial det…
  26. Complete the sentence about Mario Vargas Llosa with the correct year: In ______, Vargas Llosa was made Marquess of Vargas Llosa by the Spanish king Juan Carlos I.
  27. Complete the sentence about Mario Vargas Llosa with the correct year: Mario Vargas Llosa was born to a middle-class family on 28 March ______, in the southern Peruvian provincial city of Arequipa.
  28. Complete the sentence about President of Peru with the correct year: The last successful coup d'état was carried out by Alberto Fujimori in ______, who was later imprisoned for human rights violations…
  29. Complete the sentence about Congress of the Republic of Peru with the correct year: The first Peruvian Congress was installed in ______ as the Constitutional Congress led by Francisco Xavier de Luna P…
  30. Complete the sentence about Congress of the Republic of Peru with the correct year: In ______, the government installed a bicameral Congress, made up by a Senate and a Chamber of Deputies.
  31. Complete the sentence about Congress of the Republic of Peru with the correct year: When Sánchez Cerro was assassinated in ______ by an APRA member, General Óscar R.
  32. Complete the sentence about Congress of the Republic of Peru with the correct year: Benavides took power and closed Congress until ______, when Manuel Prado Ugarteche was elected president.
  33. Complete the sentence about Congress of the Republic of Peru with the correct year: In ______, Juan Velasco Alvarado overthrew president Fernando Belaúnde by a coup d'état, again closing Congress.
  34. Complete the sentence about Constitution of Peru with the correct year: The anti-Bolivarian sentiment that erupted in Peru at the time suspended the constitution after 49 days, with the ______ constit…
  35. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Congressional lists were to be filed with the ONPE by 10 February ______.
  36. Complete the sentence about Peruvian general election, 2011 with the correct year: General elections were held in Peru on 10 April ______ to elect the president, the vice presidents, 130 members of Co…
  37. Complete the sentence about Politics of Peru with the correct year: While democratic institutions have improved since ______, Peruvian politics is characterized by political instability and dissatisfa…
  38. Complete the sentence about Politics of Peru with the correct year: Traditionally weak political parties saw their support collapse further in Peru since ______, paving the way for the rise of persona…
  39. Complete the sentence about Mining in Peru with the correct year: The Ministerio de Energía y Minas reported that of the committed investment in ______, Peru received $1 billion for gas and $200 milli…
  40. Complete the sentence about Peruvian Armed Forces with the correct year: San Martín would found the Peruvian Navy months later on 8 October ______.
  41. Complete the sentence about Peruvian Armed Forces with the correct year: On February 28, ______, Peruvian president La Mar and Sucre signed the La Mar-Sucre convention, which ended hostilities but lef…
  42. Complete the sentence about Peruvian Armed Forces with the correct year: On November 1, ______, the first Peruvian frigate arrived in Ecuadorian waters, and the start of the blockade of Guayaquil and…
  43. Complete the sentence about Peruvian Navy with the correct year: The Marina de Guerra del Perú was established on 8 October ______ by the government of general José de San Martín.
  44. Complete the sentence about Peruvian Army with the correct year: A major turning point in this process was the arrival in ______ of a French Military Mission contracted by president Nicolás de Piérola…
  45. Complete the sentence about Peruvian Army with the correct year: A US military mission started operations in ______ followed by an influx of surplus American military equipment delivered as military a…
  46. Complete the sentence about Peruvian Air Force with the correct year: During the Colombia-Peru War of ______, its Vought O2U Corsair and Curtiss Hawk II biplanes fought in the Amazon region.
  47. Complete the sentence about Peruvian Air Force with the correct year: On 23 July ______, his plane, a North American NA-50 fighter, was hit while performing a low-level attack on an Ecuadorian border…
  48. Complete the sentence about Peruvian Air Force with the correct year: The US declared an arms embargo in ______, making it difficult to obtain spare parts for Peru's American weaponry.
  49. Complete the sentence about National Police of Peru with the correct year: Formed from the merger of the Investigative Police, the Civil Guard, and the Republican Guard in ______, it is one of the lar…
  50. Complete the sentence about National Police of Peru with the correct year: In a decree issued on 7 January ______, Simón Bolívar established a National Militia.
  51. Complete the sentence about National Police of Peru with the correct year: In ______, José Rufino Echenique reorganized the Police Forces into a single Corps and created the National Gendarmerie of Pe…
  52. Complete the sentence about National Police of Peru with the correct year: Manuel Pardo y Lavalle assumed the presidency on August 2, ______, with one of his first actions being the reorganization of…
  53. Complete the sentence about National Police of Peru with the correct year: The formation of this old police force lasted until ______, where it was again reorganized under Augusto B.
  54. Complete the sentence about National Police of Peru with the correct year: Leguía's second government through two supreme decrees issued on August 7, ______.
  55. Complete the sentence about Flag of Peru with the correct year: Before ______, it looked like the current national flag and was used as both the civil and the state flag, when General Manuel A.
  56. Complete the sentence about Flag of Peru with the correct year: In ______, during the struggle for independence, British-born General William Miller hoisted in Tacna the first flag that represented th…
  57. Complete the sentence about Flag of Peru with the correct year: The first flag of the Republic of Peru was created by General José de San Martín, and officially decreed on 21 October ______.
  58. Complete the sentence about Flag of Peru with the correct year: On 31 May ______, Torre Tagle changed the flag's design again.
  59. Complete the sentence about Flag of Peru with the correct year: On 25 February ______, during Simón Bolívar's administration, the Constituent Congress changed the design of the flag by promulgating th…
  60. Complete the sentence about Coat of arms of Peru with the correct year: The first version of the Coat of Arms of Peru was designed by General José de San Martín and officially declared on 21 October _…
  61. Complete the sentence about Coat of arms of Peru with the correct year: After the dissolution of the Confederation, the old Republic of Peru was restored to its ______ composition, as were its nationa…
  62. Complete the sentence about Coat of arms of Peru with the correct year: The last modification was in March ______, during General Manuel A.
  63. Complete the sentence about National anthem of Peru with the correct year: Diverse publications of the anthem had subtle modifications in the lyrics and the music, which was then restored by Claudio R…
  64. Complete the sentence about Andean Community with the correct year: Since the reform by the Trujillo Protocol of ______ it called Comunidad Andina de Naciones.
  65. Complete the sentence about Andean Community with the correct year: The Cartagena Agreement of 26 May ______ is the legal basis of the Andean legal order, a supranational legal order modeled on Europe…
  66. Complete the sentence about Andean Community with the correct year: The original Andean Pact was founded in ______ by Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
  67. Complete the sentence about Andean Community with the correct year: In ______ however, its membership was again reduced to five when Chile withdrew.
  68. Complete the sentence about Mercosur with the correct year: Venezuela is a full member but has been suspended since 1 December ______.
  69. Complete the sentence about Mercosur with the correct year: In ______, in the middle of the Second World War, Brazil and Argentina for the first time tried to create a Customs Union between their econ…
  70. Complete the sentence about Organization of American States with the correct year: As of November ______, 32 states in the Americas are OAS members.
  71. Complete the sentence about Organization of American States with the correct year: The Pan American Union Building was constructed in ______, on Constitution Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C.
  72. Complete the sentence about Organization of American States with the correct year: At the ______ OAS convention in Montevideo, member states agreed to not recognize territorial acquisitions obtained b…
  73. Complete the sentence about Organization of American States with the correct year: At the ______ convention in Buenos Aires, member states agreed to enter into a process of arbitration in case there w…
  74. Complete the sentence about Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation with the correct year: In January ______, Bob Hawke called for more effective economic co-operation across the Pacific Rim region.
  75. Complete the sentence about United Nations with the correct year: When World War II broke out in ______, the League effectively closed down.
  76. Complete the sentence about United Nations with the correct year: The first step towards the establishment of the United Nations was the Inter-Allied Conference in London that led to the Declaration o…
  77. Complete the sentence about United Nations with the correct year: Roosevelt and Churchill met at the White House in December ______ for the Arcadia Conference.
  78. Complete the sentence about Union of South American Nations with the correct year: The UNASUR Constitutive Treaty was signed on 23 May ______, at the Third Summit of Heads of State, held in Brasília…
  79. Complete the sentence about Union of South American Nations with the correct year: A Chilean summit to organize PROSUL was held on 22 March ______, and excluded Venezuela.
  80. Complete the sentence about Peru–Chile relations with the correct year: War was not declared formally until Chile declared war on both Peru and Bolivia in ______.
  81. Complete the sentence about Peru–Chile relations with the correct year: In ______, the two countries once again found themselves on the verge of war, but armed conflict between left-wing Peru and righ…
  82. Complete the sentence about Peru–Bolivia relations with the correct year: In ______, both nations were allied against Chile during the War of the Pacific.
  83. Complete the sentence about Peru–Colombia relations with the correct year: The war eventually ended with no significant territorial change, but Gran Colombia's collapse in ______ led to the independen…
  84. Complete the sentence about Peru–Brazil relations with the correct year: Brazil represented 1.5% of international emigration of Peruvians in ______.
  85. Complete the sentence about Peru–Brazil relations with the correct year: In ______, Duarte da Ponte Ribeiro was designated as the first chargé d'affaires of the Empire of Brazil and sent to Lima.
  86. Complete the sentence about Peru–Brazil relations with the correct year: In ______, Brazil broke off diplomatic relations with Peru, due to Peruvian support for Paraguay, in the War of the Triple Alli…
  87. Complete the sentence about Colombia–Peru War with the correct year: The conflict was rooted in the Boundary Treaty of March 24, ______, which transferred the Leticia district to Colombia, giving Colo…
  88. Complete the sentence about Colombia–Peru War with the correct year: The takeover of Leticia, originally planned for September 15, ______, was brought forward two weeks.
  89. Complete the sentence about Colombia–Peru War with the correct year: In the early hours of September 1, ______, what is now known as the Leticia Incident took place after Leticia was seized by Peruvia…
  90. Complete the sentence about Chincha Islands with the correct year: Since pre-Incan times they were of interest for their extensive guano deposits, but the supplies were mostly exhausted by ______.
  91. Complete the sentence about Japanese Peruvians with the correct year: Peru was the first Latin American country to establish diplomatic relations with Japan, in June ______.
  92. Complete the sentence about Japanese Peruvians with the correct year: The Sakura Maru carried Japanese families from Yokohama to Peru and arrived on April 3, ______, at the Peruvian port city of Calla…
  93. Complete the sentence about Afro-Peruvians with the correct year: In ______, enslaved Afro-Peruvians accompanied Spaniards in the conquest of Cuzco.
  94. Complete the sentence about Afro-Peruvians with the correct year: In ______, 377 people of African descent worked in the shipyards.
  95. Complete the sentence about Quechua people with the correct year: Quechua became Peru's second official language in ______ under the military dictatorship of Juan Velasco Alvarado.
  96. Complete the sentence about Quechua people with the correct year: The Bolivian film director Jorge Sanjinés dealt with the issue of forced sterilization in ______ in his Quechua-language feature film…
  97. Complete the sentence about Aymara people with the correct year: The often quoted Spanish conquistador and chronicler, Pedro Cieza de León travelled through the Altiplano in ______.
  98. Complete the sentence about Aymara people with the correct year: Christopher Colombus set sail from Castile, Spain, in August ______ to find a western sea passage to the spice rich East Indies.
  99. Complete the sentence about Indigenous peoples in Peru with the correct year: Indigenous cultures developed here for thousands of years before the arrival of the Spanish in ______.
  100. Complete the sentence about Encomienda with the correct year: With the ousting of Christopher Columbus in ______, the Spanish Crown had him replaced with Francisco de Bobadilla.

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