Ecuador map quiz
Explore cities and volcanoes of Ecuador!
Quizzes in this pack
Ecuador: cities, volcanoes, landmarks.
| Cities | 8 questions |
| Volcanoes | 8 questions |
| Landmarks | 8 questions |
Sample questions
- The capital at 2,850 m in the Andes, the highest official capital city in the world, on the equator
- Answer: Quito
- Largest city and main port on the Pacific coast, Ecuador's economic engine on the Guayas River
- Answer: Guayaquil
- UNESCO-listed colonial city in the southern highlands, known as Ecuador's cultural and artistic center
- Answer: Cuenca
- Pacific coast port city, Ecuador's largest fishing port and tuna processing center
- Answer: Manta
- Highland city at the foot of Chimborazo volcano, the point on Earth's surface farthest from its center
- Answer: Riobamba
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Quito
Andes, just south of the equator
Quito, the capital of Ecuador, lies about 2,850 metres up in the Andes, only about 25 km from the equator, with volcanoes all around. Its old town, full of churches and monasteries, was among the first places put on UNESCO's World Heritage List, in 1978.
- Did you know?
- The volcano Pichincha rises right behind the city
Cuenca
Azuay Province
Cuenca was founded by the Spanish in 1557 where Cañari and Inca towns had stood before. Its old centre has narrow streets, red roofs and a cathedral with sky-blue domes.
- Altitude
- About 2,560 m
- Did you know?
- The "Panama hat" really comes from Ecuador: Cuenca is a centre for weaving it from toquilla straw
Loja
Southern highlands
Loja is a city in the southern highlands of Ecuador, known as the country's music capital. A castle-like city gate guards its centre, and the valley of Vilcabamba to the south is famous for people living to a great age.
- Known for
- Music, the city gate, Vilcabamba
Portoviejo
Manabí province
Portoviejo is the main city of Manabí province, founded by the Spanish in 1535, one of the oldest cities in Ecuador. Much of its centre was destroyed by an earthquake in 2016 and has since been rebuilt.
- Known for
- An old city, the 2016 earthquake, Manabí
Quito Old Town
Quito
Quito's old town, high in the Andes, is one of the best-preserved colonial centres in the Americas, with dozens of churches, monasteries and squares. In 1978 it was among the very first places named World Heritage by UNESCO.
- Altitude
- About 2,850 m
- Did you know?
- Quito lies only about 25 km south of the equator
Chimborazo
Central Andes, Ecuador
Chimborazo is the highest mountain in Ecuador. Because the Earth bulges at the equator, its summit is the point on land farthest from the centre of the Earth, about 2 km farther out than the top of Mount Everest. It has not erupted for well over a thousand years.
- Height
- 6,263 m
- Did you know?
- In 1802 Alexander von Humboldt climbed higher on it than anyone had climbed before
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%.
