NewsTracker Answers for week of July 17, 2017

Q: Ecuador has suspended construction on a wall along a canal at its southern border with Peru after it recalled its ambassador to protest the project. Where are Ecuador and Peru?

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Q: The nations agreed to talks over the project that Ecuador had said the wall would help control flooding but Peru said it could disrupt the flow of water in the canal and raise flood risks for Peruvians. Peru’s ambassador was to return to Ecuador’s capital . . .

A. Bogota

B. Lima

C. Quito

D. Santiago

C. Quito is the capital of Ecuador and the second highest official capital city in the world. With 2.6 million people it is slightly smaller than the nation’s largest city Guayaquil, a port city with a population about 2.7 million.

Q: Flooding in Peru this year left more than 100 dead and more than 150,000 people displaced. Mudslides ravaged the nation, including its capital . . .

A. Bogota

B. Lima

C. La Paz

D. Santiago

B. Lima is Peru’s capital and largest city with more than 10 million people in its metropolitan area on the Pacific Coast.

Q: Ecuador and Peru were part of which indigenous American civilization?

A. Anasazi

B. Aztec

C. Inca

D. Maya

C. The Incas ruled the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The Inca civilization arose from the highlands of Peru sometime in the early 13th century. Its last stronghold was conquered by the Spanish in 1572.

Q: From 1438 to 1533, the Incas incorporated a large portion of western South America, centered on what mountain range?

A. Andes

B. Himalayas

C. Rockies

D. Urals

A. The Andes are the longest continental mountain range in the world stretching 4,300 miles from north to south through Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile.