Portugal
Spain forms Portugal's only land border. This topic is part of Countries within Geography. This page currently draws on 15 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Portugal trivia questions
Portugal shares the Iberian Peninsula with which country?
Answer: Spain
Bonus fact: Spain forms Portugal's only land border.
Portugal shares its only land border with which country?
Answer: Spain
Bonus fact: Portugal also has Atlantic Ocean coastline.
What is the capital of Portugal?
Answer: Lisbon
Bonus fact: Lisbon lies near the mouth of the Tagus River.
Which pair names Portugal's two autonomous island regions?
Answer: Azores and Madeira
Bonus fact: Mainland Portugal has a single land-border neighbor: Spain.
Which European country occupies most of the Iberian Peninsula?
Answer: Spain
Bonus fact: Spain and Portugal dominate Iberia.
Spain shares the Iberian Peninsula with which country?
Answer: Portugal
Bonus fact: Portugal occupies the peninsula's western side.
European search for direct sea routes to Asian spices helped drive what?
Answer: Age of Exploration
Bonus fact: Portugal and Spain sought ocean routes to bypass intermediaries.
East Timor had been occupied by which country from 1975?
Answer: Indonesia
Bonus fact: Indonesia invaded shortly after Portugal withdrew.
The Azores archipelago is part of which country?
Answer: Portugal
Bonus fact: The Azores lie far west of mainland Portugal in the North Atlantic.
The Madeira archipelago is part of which country?
Answer: Portugal
Bonus fact: Madeira lies in the North Atlantic southwest of mainland Portugal.
What was Cabral's expedition originally trying to reach?
Answer: India
Bonus fact: Portugal sent the fleet to strengthen the sea route to the Indian Ocean spice trade pioneered by Vasco da Gama.
Mozambique had gained independence from which country shortly before the civil war?
Answer: Portugal
Bonus fact: Independence came in 1975.