KIDS QUIZ
COUNTRIES AND CAPITALS
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Question
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Which country has the capital named Montevideo?
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Paraguay
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Uruguay
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Bolivia
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Peru
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Montevideo, principal city and capital of Uruguay. It lies on the north shore of the Río de la Plata estuary. Montevideo was founded in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, governor of Buenos Aires, to counteract the Portuguese advance into the area from Brazil.
Detailed explanation-2: -There are at least two explanations for the name Montevideo: The first states that it comes from the Portuguese “Monte vide eu” which means “I see a mountain". The second is that the Spaniards recorded the location of a mountain in a map as “Monte VI De Este a Oeste” meaning “The sixth mountain from east to west".
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