Cuba map quiz
Explore cities, waters and landmarks of Cuba!
Quizzes in this pack
Cuba: cities, landmarks.
| Cities | 7 questions |
| Landmarks | 8 questions |
Sample questions
- The capital on the northwest coast, famous for its colonial Old Town, vintage cars and the Malecón seafront
- Answer: Havana
- Second-largest city in the southeast, birthplace of the Cuban Revolution, with strong Afro-Cuban culture
- Answer: Santiago de Cuba
- Third-largest city in central Cuba, known for its labyrinthine street layout designed to confuse pirates
- Answer: Camagüey
- Eastern city known as the 'City of Parks', near some of Cuba's best beaches at Guardalavaca
- Answer: Holguín
- Central city where Che Guevara won the decisive battle of the Revolution, home to his mausoleum
- Answer: Santa Clara
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Havana
North coast of Cuba
Havana, the capital of Cuba, was founded by the Spanish in 1519. Along its seafront runs the Malecón, a wide road and sea wall about 8 km long, and colourful American cars from the 1950s still drive its streets.
- Founded
- 1519
- Many of the old American cars run on engines from other cars, because spare parts were hard to get
- Rings a bell?
- Ernest Hemingway lived just outside the city for about 20 years and wrote The Old Man and the Sea there
Camagüey
Central Cuba
Camagüey is the third city of Cuba after Havana and Santiago de Cuba, known for its maze of winding streets, said to have been laid out to confuse pirates. The town is also known for tinajones, huge clay jars that once collected rainwater in its courtyards.
- Known for
- Winding streets, clay jars, the old town
Guantánamo
Far east of Cuba
Guantánamo is a city in the far east of Cuba, near the bay where the United States has kept a naval base since 1903. The town gave its name to Guantanamera, one of the best-known Cuban songs, and is known for changüí, an old style of music.
- Known for
- Guantanamera, changüí, the bay
Old Havana
Havana
Old Havana is the colonial heart of Cuba's capital, founded by the Spanish in 1519. Its narrow streets, squares and fortresses and its houses in faded pastel colours are full of old American cars from the 1950s.
- Built
- From 1519
- Did you know?
- Many of the old cars still run thanks to homemade spare parts
Varadero
Matanzas Province
Varadero is Cuba's best-known beach resort, on a narrow peninsula about 20 km long with white sand on the Atlantic side. In the 1930s the American millionaire Irénée du Pont built a mansion here, which is now a hotel.
- Length
- About 20 km
Bay of Pigs
Matanzas Province
The Bay of Pigs on Cuba's south coast is where, in April 1961, Cuban exiles trained by the United States landed to overthrow Fidel Castro. The invasion failed within three days. Today the bay is known for diving and snorkelling, and a museum at Playa Girón tells its story.
- Did you know?
- The bay is named after a fish, the cochino, not pigs
How it works
Pick a quiz, then find, name or choose your answer on the 3D globe. A round has 10 questions by default, or more, up to the whole quiz. Each round picks what you need most: questions due again, new ones and the places you tend to mix up. In a short round, the questions you miss are asked once more at the end. Spaced repetition then brings them back on later days until you know them.
Every round also fills your mastery badges for the continent or country, the topic and the whole world: bronze at 50%, silver at 80% and gold at 100%.
