Spain map quiz
Can you find all 19 Spanish communities?
Quizzes in this pack
Spain: communities, capitals, mountains, cities, rivers.
| Communities | 19 questions |
| Capitals | 19 questions |
| Mountains | 7 questions |
| Cities | 10 questions |
| Rivers | 5 questions |
Sample questions
- Largest community, home to Seville and Granada
- Answer: Andalusia
- Mediterranean islands including Mallorca and Ibiza
- Answer: Balearic Islands
- Small north coast region with the Picos de Europa
- Answer: Cantabria
- Northeast corner, home to Barcelona
- Answer: Catalonia
- Smallest mainland community, famous for wine
- Answer: La Rioja
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Andalusia
Southern Spain
Andalusia is the Spain of flamenco, white villages and hot summers, with Seville, Córdoba and Granada. For almost 800 years much of it was ruled by Muslim kingdoms, and the last of them built the Alhambra in Granada, which fell in 1492.
- Known for
- The Alhambra, flamenco, Seville
Castile-La Mancha
Central Spain
Castilla-La Mancha is the dry, flat land of Don Quixote, who attacked windmills thinking they were giants; white windmills still stand on the ridge at Consuegra. It is known for Manchego cheese and saffron, and its capital Toledo was once shared by Christians, Muslims and Jews.
- Known for
- Don Quixote, windmills, Manchego
Valencian Community
Eastern Spain
The Valencian Community runs along the Mediterranean coast, with orange groves and long beaches. Paella comes from Valencia, and in March the Fallas festival burns giant figures in the streets. The futuristic City of Arts and Sciences, by Santiago Calatrava, is built in an old riverbed.
- Known for
- Paella, the Fallas, oranges
- Rings a bell?
- In La Tomatina in Buñol, thousands of people throw tomatoes at each other every August
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Las Palmas, on Gran Canaria, is the largest city in the Canary Islands and shares the role of capital with Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Christopher Columbus stopped here on his first voyage to America in 1492, and Las Canteras, a city beach about 3 km long, is sheltered by a natural reef.
- Founded
- 1478
- Known for
- Las Canteras beach, the Carnival, the house of Columbus
Madrid
The middle of Spain
Madrid lies almost exactly in the middle of Spain and has been its capital since 1561. It began as a Moorish fortress in the 800s. The Prado is one of the most important art museums in the world.
- Founded
- The 800s, as a Moorish fortress
- Known for
- The Prado, the Royal Palace, Real Madrid
- Did you know?
- Botín, opened in 1725, is said to be the oldest restaurant in the world still running
Sierra Morena
Southern Spain, north of Andalusia's Guadalquivir valley
The Sierra Morena runs about 400 km across southern Spain and forms the northern edge of Andalusia. Its low, rolling hills are covered in oak woodland and scrub, where black Iberian pigs graze on acorns.
- Highest point
- Bañuela, 1,332 m
- Did you know?
- It is one of the last homes of the Iberian lynx, which almost died out around 2000
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%.
