Fill in the blank. Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founded the city of Lima (known as 'La Ciudad de los Reyes' or 'The City of Kings') on January 18, 1535.It became the capital and most important city in the Spanish ________________.

MCQs on the history of Latin and South America from the year in which European explorers first discovered and began to colonize the region to the early 19th century, when many Latin and South American colonies declared their independence from European rule.