Capital Cities of the Americas Trivia Word Search

Argentina's elegant capital, Buenos Aires, has long been nicknamed the '_ _ _ _ _ of South America.'

This Nicaraguan capital was chosen as a compromise capital between rival cities León and Granada.

Santiago, Chile's capital, was founded in 1541 by Spanish conquistador Pedro de _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Mexico's capital, built on the ruins of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, is Mexico '_ _ _ _.'

Bogotá was founded in 1538 by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

The capital of this Central American nation bordering Mexico and Belize shares the country's own name, plus the word 'City.'

Nicaragua's capital, Managua, was chosen as a compromise between two rival cities: Leon and _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

This Ecuadorian capital lies almost exactly on the equator.

The capital of Dominica sits at the mouth of a river of the same name.

Washington, D.C.'s street grid was designed by this French-American engineer, Pierre _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Argentina, whose capital is Buenos Aires, takes its name from the Latin word for silver: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Curacao's colorful capital combines the name of a Dutch prince with 'stad' (city): _ _ _ _ _ _ stad.

Havana's grand seafront boulevard, popular for evening strolls, is called the _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Guyana's capital pairs England's patron saint's name with 'town': _ _ _ _ _ _ town.

Before Brasília, Brazil's capital for nearly two centuries was this coastal city, home to Christ the Redeemer: _ _ _.

Santiago, Chile's capital, is Spanish for 'Saint _ _ _ _ _,' honoring the same apostle who is Spain's patron saint.

Much of Georgetown, Guyana lies below sea level, protected by a Dutch-built _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

This is Venezuela's capital, set in a valley near the Caribbean coast.

This is Bolivia's administrative seat of government, the world's highest capital city by elevation.

Havana's streets are famous for 1950s American cars, kept running for decades under a US trade _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

This Jamaican capital sits on one of the world's largest natural harbors.

Bermuda's capital shares its name with a hit Broadway musical, though the city itself is named for an 18th-century colonial governor.

Mexico City was built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, capital of this Mesoamerican empire: _ _ _ _ _.

St. Kitts and Nevis's capital combines French for 'low' with the word for 'land': Basse-_ _ _ _ _.

This Central American country's capital is named San '_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _,' Spanish for 'Savior.'

This South American country, whose capital is Quito, takes its name from the Spanish word for 'equator': _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Kingston, Jamaica's capital, is considered the birthplace of this music genre popularized by Bob Marley: _ _ _ _ _ _.

This is Suriname's riverside capital, a single indigenous-derived word with no widely used shorter nickname.

This Bahamian capital sits on New Providence island.

The capital of Antigua and Barbuda is Saint '_ _ _ _ _.'

Haiti's capital's name translates to 'Port of the _ _ _ _ _ _.'

Bolivia's constitutional capital, seat of its Supreme Court, is named after an independence hero: _ _ _ _ _.

The Falkland Islands' remote South Atlantic capital was named after a 19th-century British Colonial Secretary.

Nassau, the Bahamian capital, is named after a region in this European country: _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

This coastal Peruvian capital was founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1535.

This purpose-built Belizean capital replaced Belize City after a 1961 hurricane.

This is the capital of Puerto Rico, founded in 1521 and one of the oldest European-founded cities in the Americas.

Paraguay's capital, Asunción, is named for the Catholic feast marking the Virgin _ _ _ _'s assumption into heaven.

This is Colombia's high-altitude Andean capital.

Quito's capital sits almost exactly on this imaginary line at zero degrees latitude: the _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Lima, Peru's capital, was founded by Spanish conquistador Francisco _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Montevideo sits on the Rio de la _ _ _ _ _, a wide estuary it shares with Argentina.

Ottawa was chosen as Canada's capital city in 1857 by this British monarch: Queen _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

This Costa Rican capital sits in the Central Valley highlands, ringed by volcanoes.

This futuristic Brazilian capital, inaugurated in 1960, was purpose-built and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

This Central American nation's canal-famous capital carries the exact same name as the country itself.

Guyana's capital, Georgetown, is nicknamed the '_ _ _ _ _ _ City of the Caribbean' for its tree-lined avenues and canals.

The US capital is officially named Washington, _ _.

St. Vincent's capital, Kingstown, lies in the shadow of an active volcano called La _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

This is Paraguay's capital, founded in 1537 on the Paraguay River.

Belize moved its capital inland to newly built Belmopan after a devastating _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ struck Belize City in 1961.

Santo Domingo is home to the oldest continuously inhabited city founded by Europeans anywhere in the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Port of Spain, Trinidad's capital, is famous for hosting one of the world's largest pre-Lent _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ celebrations.

Asuncion earned the nickname 'Mother of _ _ _ _ _ _' since Spanish expeditions used it as a base to found other South American settlements.

Ottawa is home to a UNESCO-listed canal that freezes each winter into the world's largest natural skating rink: the _ _ _ _ _ _ Canal.

Kingston, Jamaica sits on one of the world's largest natural _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Uruguay's capital combines 'monte' (mount) with a word one theory says means 'I see': Monte-_ _ _ _ _.

Hondurans often shorten their capital's long Nahuatl-derived name to just '_ _ _ _ _' in casual speech.

This Canadian capital sits at the confluence of the Rideau and Gatineau rivers with a larger namesake river.

This is the capital of Greenland, an Arctic territory of Denmark, formerly called Godthab.

Saint Lucia, whose capital is Castries, changed hands more than a dozen times between Britain and this rival colonial power.

This is Saint Lucia's capital city.

The two-island nation whose capital is Basseterre gets its short name from an old sailors' nickname for 'Saint Christopher': '_ _ _.'

Bogota's name comes from 'Bacata,' a settlement of this indigenous Andean people: _ _ _ _ _ _.

Lima's near-constant coastal fog has earned it a nickname built on that fog's color: the '_ _ _ _ City.'

Washington, D.C. sits on the banks of the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ River.

Tegucigalpa's name is believed to mean 'hill of _ _ _ _ _ _' in an indigenous language, reflecting the region's mining history.

Costa Rica, whose capital is San Jose, famously abolished its _ _ _ _ in 1948.

This is Chile's capital, sitting in a valley beneath the Andes.

Barbados's capital pairs a word for a river crossing with 'town': _ _ _ _ _ _ Town.

Guatemala's earthquake-ruined former colonial capital is still known today as '_ _ _ _ _ _ _ Guatemala.'

St. Vincent and the Grenadines' capital is this city, distinct in spelling from Jamaica's capital.

Suriname, whose capital is Paramaribo, is the only South American country where this Western European language is official: _ _ _ _ _.

Trinidad and Tobago's capital, Port of _ _ _ _ _, shares its name with a European country on the Iberian Peninsula.

This Cuban capital's old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for vintage American cars.

Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, is said to be named after a French _ _ _ _ that once anchored in its harbor.

Grenada's capital is Saint '_ _ _ _ _ _ _,' honoring England's patron saint.

Venezuela's capital, Caracas, was the birthplace of independence leader Simón _ _ _ _ _ _ _.