Capital Cities of the Americas Trivia Word Search

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This Ecuadorian capital lies almost exactly on the equator.

Bogotá sits high in this South American mountain range: _ _ _ _ _.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This is Colombia's high-altitude Andean capital.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Argentina's capital's name means 'good airs' in Spanish — it's Buenos '_ _ _ _ _.'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Brazil's futuristic capital, Brasilia, was largely designed by architect Oscar _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

This Bahamian capital sits on New Providence island.

Dominica's capital, Roseau, takes its name from the French word for this plant: _ _ _ _.

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

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

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

This is Saint Lucia's capital city.

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

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

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

The US capital is officially named Washington, _ _.

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

The Dominican Republic's capital, the oldest continuously inhabited European-founded city in the Americas, is Santo '_ _ _ _ _ _ _.'

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

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