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Capitals of Latin America in 1500

We give you a capital, you tap its country on the map: 8 countries of Latin America in 1500, against the clock. Beat your record or challenge a friend with a link!

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List of the countries of Latin America in 1500 and their capitals

To revise before you play (or after, to see where you went wrong).

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CountryCapital
Amazonian peoplesNo capital
Aztec Triple AllianceTenochtitlan
Carib and Arawak peoples (Orinoco and the Guianas)No capital
Chibchan chiefdoms of the IsthmusNo capital
Chiefdoms of Central America (Pipil, Lenca, Nicarao)No capital
Chiefdoms of northern Colombia (Tairona, Zenú, Quimbaya)No capital
Gê (Tapuia) peoples of the Brazilian interiorNo capital
Guaraní peoplesNo capital
K'iche' and Kaqchikel kingdomsQ'umarkaj (Utatlán)
Mapuche and PicuncheNo capital
Maya city-states of YucatánManí
Mixtec and Zapotec kingdomsZaachila
Muisca ConfederationBacatá (Bogotá)
Peoples of northern Mexico (Chichimeca and others)No capital
Peoples of Patagonia and Tierra del FuegoNo capital
Peoples of the Chaco and the Pampas (Guaycuru, Querandí, Charrúa)No capital
Taíno chiefdomsNo capital
Tarascan State (Purépecha)Tzintzuntzan
Tawantinsuyu (Inca Empire)Cusco
Tlaxcala (confederation)Tlaxcala
Tupi-Guarani peoples of the coastNo capital