Pre-Columbian Ecuador
Spanish Conquest and Colony
Independence and Formation of Ecuador
Modern Ecuador
100
Which ancient civilization built important settlements in the coastal region of Ecuador?
A) Maya
B) Valdivia
C) Aztec
D) Inca
B) Valdivia
100
In what year did the Spanish arrive in Ecuadorian territory?
A) 1492
B) 1534
C) 1600
D) 1810
B) 1534
100
On what date did Ecuador begin its independence process?
A) August 10, 1809
B) July 24, 1822
C) May 24, 1822
D) October 9, 1820
A) August 10, 1809
100
Ecuador is named after which geographic feature?
A) Andes Mountains
B) Amazon River
C) Equator Line
D) Pacific Ocean
C) Equator Line
200
What was the main economic activity of many pre-Columbian cultures in Ecuador?
A) Mining
B) Agriculture
C) Oil extraction
D) Industry
B) Agriculture
200
Who founded the city of Quito under Spanish rule?
A) Atahualpa
B) Sebastián de Benalcázar
C) Francisco Pizarro
D) Simón Bolívar
B) Sebastián de Benalcázar
200
Which city declared independence first in Ecuador?
A) Quito
B) Cuenca
C) Guayaquil
D) Loja
C) Guayaquil
200
What is the capital of Ecuador?
A) Guayaquil
B) Cuenca
C) Quito
D) Loja
C) Quito
300
Which culture is considered one of the oldest in the Americas?
A) La Tolita
B) Cañari
C) Valdivia
D) Quitu
C) Valdivia
300
What system did the Spanish use to control Indigenous labor?
A) Democracy
B) Encomienda
C) Minga
D) Haciendas
B) Encomienda
300
Which battle secured Ecuador’s independence?
A) Battle of Ayacucho
B) Battle of Boyacá
C) Battle of Pichincha
D) Battle of Junín
C) Battle of Pichincha
300
In what year did Ecuador adopt the US dollar as its official currency?
A) 1990
B) 1995
C) 2000
D) 2005
C) 2000
400
Which group strongly resisted the Inca expansion in southern Ecuador?
A) Quitus
B) Caras
C) Cañaris
D) Panzaleos
C) Cañaris
400
What was the name of the colonial administrative region Ecuador belonged to?
A) Viceroyalty of Peru
B) Viceroyalty of New Granada
C) Captaincy of Chile
D) Kingdom of Quito
B) Viceroyalty of New Granada
400
After independence, Ecuador was initially part of which country?
A) Peru
B) Colombia
C) Gran Colombia
D) Bolivia
C) Gran Colombia
400
Which year Ecuadorian constitution officially recognized Ecuador as a plurinational state?
A) 1979
B) 1998
C) 2008
D) 2015
C) 2008