Australia and the World Past and Present

1. Which famous lake is associated with the country?
2. In which year did Francisco Pizarro arrive in what is now Bolivia? 1432, 1532 or 1632?
3. In 1777, the area was transferred to the Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata. Where was the capital of this Viceroyalty? La Paz, Buenos Aires or Madrid?
4. What was the name of the leader of the indigenous uprising that took place in the late eighteenth century?
5. Who was Bolivia named after?
6. What crucial thing did Bolivia lose in the War of the Pacific (1879-1883)?
7. At one time Potosí was the largest city in the New World due to presence of which resource?
8. What were peninsulares? Towns located on the coast of Bolivia? People born in Spain who occupied the main administrative positions in the land? Or local peasant uprisings?
9. True or false. Bolivia has fought wars against Chile and Peru?
10. In the mid-1980s the Bolivian economy experienced hyperinflation. What was the highest annual percentage increase of this hyperinflation? 200%, 2,000%, or more than 20,000%?

Answers:

1. Lake Titicaca
2. 1532
3. Buenos Aires
4. Tupac Amaru II
5. Simon Bolivar
6. Access to the Pacific Coast
7. Silver
8. People born in Spain who occupied the main administrative positions in the land
9. True
10. Over 20,000%