A Peru Question Tour

Cities 1: Former capital of the Incan Empire

Cities 2: City surrounded by five volcanoes, including the famous El Misti

Cities 3: "Capital of the Peruvian Amazon," and the largest non-island city in the world that cannot be reached by road.

Cities 4: Peru's only megacity and one of five in South America

Artificial Landmarks 1: This Incan citadel was rediscovered by Hiram Brigham in 1911

Artificial Landmarks 2: This pre-Incan city, built by the Chimu people, is made entirely of adobe and was constructed in 850

Artificial Landmarks 3: Fortress known for the fact that its walls are fit so precisely that you cannot fit a knife between its stones.

Artificial Landmarks 4: Series of terraces that each feature their own microclimate; possibly indicating that the Incas were experimenting with the effects of climate on agriculture.

Natural Landmarks 1: Canyon home to the Cabanas and Collaguas peoples; it is also the third-most visited destination in Peru at roughly 120,000 visitors per year.

Natural Landmarks 2: Famous "rainbow mountains"

Natural Landmarks 3: These 760 m waterfalls were not discovered until 2005

Natural Landmarks 4: Largest lake in South America

People 1: The ninth Sapa Inca, credited with forming the Incan Empire.

People 2: Last (effective) Incan emperor, executed by Pizarro's forces in 1533.

People 3: First saint from the Americas

People 4: Japanese-Peruvian former president known for his human rights abuses

History 1: Site of numerous tombs from the Moche civilization, including the Lord of Sipan

History 2: Battle between Spanish forces and the armies of Simon Bolivar and Antonio Jose de Sucre, the latter of who's victory that guaranteed Peruvian independence

History 3: Far-left guerrilla group most active from the 1980s to the 2000s

History 4: Brief 1998 border conflict with Ecuador

Culture 1: One of the most famous poems by the legendary Cesar Vallejo, known for its usage of invented words and bizarre syntax.

Culture 2: The national instrument of Peru, a small lute that increased in popularity after the beginning of the Indigenismo movement

Culture 3: The second film by director Claudia Llosa and the only Peruvian film to be nominated for an Academy Award

Culture 4: Band begun in 1964 retroactively credited with beginning the punk genre