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1. Silver was discovered in this city in 1545. In 1600 it was probably the biggest city in the Americas and one of the biggest in the world.
2. This major mountain city in southern Peru was founded in 1540 by Pizarro on the site of an Inca town.
3. This city was founded in 1535 by Pizarro. It was the capital of the Vice-Royalty of Peru.
4. This was the Inca capital of Peru, captured and occupied by the Spanish in 1533.
5. This city, founded in 1541, was the capital of Captaincy-General of Chile.
6. This city, founded in 1538, was capital of the Spanish Vice-Royalty New Granada.
7. This city, founded in 1531, was capital of Spanish colony New Galicia.
8. This city, captured in 1521, was capital of the Vice-Royalty of New Spain.
9. This city, founded by Cortés in 1519, was the most important harbour on Gulf of Mexico.
10. This city, founded in 1496, was capital of Hispaniola and adminstrative centre for Spanish Caribbean.
11. This Spanish town and fortress in Luzon, Philippines, was founded in 1571.
12. This city, founded in 1537, was the first permanent settlement in the La Plata region.
13. This city was founded by Spaniards in 1781, but was captured by US navy in 1846 and incorporated in the USA in 1850 when the state was admitted to the Union.
14. This area was settled by Spaniards in 1565. It was ceded to Britain in 1763, divided into two provinces and retroceded to Spain in 1783. US claimed the western part of it as part of Louisiana purchase in 1803.
15. Spain lost three territories to USA during the Spanish-American War 1898-99. A fourth territory formally gained independence, but was under de facto US control. In the following questions I want the sames of these four territories. Firstly: The Spanish fleet was destroyed in this Spanish colony.
16. The war started in this Spanish colony when the US battleship "Maine" was blown up, allegedly by the Spanish.
17. This Caribbean island was lost by Spain and became a US dependency, which it still is.
18. This island in the Pacific was lost by Spain to USA.
19. This island was settled by Spanish in 1509. It was occupied by British in 1655 and made a British colony.
20. These islands were Spanish until 1885, when a German protectorate was established.
21. Spain had three colonies in Africa. Spanish Morocco was one of them, but what was its capital?
22. Spanish Sahara was another African colony. Its capital was ________ .
23. Spanish Guinea was also an African colony. Its capital was _______ .
24. These two cities in North Africa (and some small islands) are the only remains of the Spanish colonial empire. What are the cities called?
25. There have been some conflicts about the two remaining Spanish towns in North Morocco and the small Spanish islands between Spain and Morocco. This island/these islands is/are situated just north of the Moroccan/Algerian border, and are called (in Spanish) ____________ .
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