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Junior Cycle Spanish: Latin America

How often Latin America comes up on the Spanish papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Latin America, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Latin America.

(a)Machu Picchu, the ancient Inca city in the Andes, is in which country?
  1. Mexico
  2. Peru
  3. Chile
(b)What is the capital of Argentina?
  1. Ciudad de México
  2. Montevideo
  3. Buenos Aires
(c)In which large South American country is Portuguese, not Spanish, spoken?
  1. Brazil
  2. Peru
  3. Chile
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(a) Peru

(b) Buenos Aires

(c) Brazil

Your turn: Common Level questions on Latin America.

Common Level

Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q15
2025Q8, Q15
2024Not asked
2023Q12, Q15
2022Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Latin America questions

Latin America, 3 marks

Which country has more native Spanish speakers than any other?

  1. Spain
  2. Argentina
  3. Mexico
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Mexico

Mexico, with well over 100 million people, has the most Spanish speakers in the world, far more than Spain. Spanish is official in about 20 countries.

Latin America, 2 marks

The Panama Canal lets ships sail between which two oceans?

  1. Atlantic and Indian
  2. Atlantic and Pacific
  3. Pacific and Southern Ocean
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Atlantic and Pacific

The Panama Canal crosses Central America, linking the Atlantic (via the Caribbean) and the Pacific, so ships avoid the long trip round South America.

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