609 Q2 Flashcards

1
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Who killed many Native Americans?

A

Julio Roca

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2
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Today, most of Argentina’s indians live where?

A

In the Andes

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3
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Argentina and Britain both claim what region?

A

The Falkland Islands

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4
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Who brought economic growth to Argentina?

A

Julio Roca

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5
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The Argentina region between rivers is called the what?

A

Mesopotamia

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6
Q

Argentine barbecued beef is called what?

A

asados

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7
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What group of people in Argentina history wanted the government to united under Buenos Aires?

A

Unitarios

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8
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Large ranches in Argentina are called what?

A

Estancias

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9
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What encouraged many Europeans to move to Argentina?

A

there was promise of opportunity in Argentina’s constitution

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10
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Label the map of South American countries and regions

A

see your LightUnit

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11
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A few Welsh and English people settled in what region?

A

Patagonia

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12
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What group of people in Argentina history wanted the provinces to be independent of Buenos Aires?

A

Federales

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13
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Immigrants who came in the spring and left in the fall were called what?

A

Swallos

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14
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Leading livestock animals in Patagonia and Pampas are what?

A

Patagonia-sheep; Pampas-cattle

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15
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Who was Argentina’s “schoolmaster president”?

A

Domingo Sarmiento

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16
Q

Who fought to gain Argentina’s independence?

A

Jose de San Martin

17
Q

The capital of Argentina is what?

A

Buenos Aires

18
Q

Who ruled violently with much bloodshed?

A

Juan Manuel de Rosas

19
Q

Most Argentines’ ancestors came from what two countries?

A

Italy and Spain

20
Q

Which region is a lowland tropical region?

A

Mesopotamia

21
Q

Agentina means what?

A

land of silver

22
Q

An Argentine who lives in Beunos Aires is called a what?

23
Q

Rio de Plata means what?

A

River of Silver

24
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Argentines speak mostly what language?

25
Most of Argentina's oil wells are where?
Patagonia
26
Where Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil meet is the location of what?
Iguacu Falls
27
Why did Argentina struggle economically in the early 1900s?
Other countries were unable to buy much food from Argentina
28
Argentines say goodbye in what language?
Italian
29
People who work on large ranches in Argentine are called what?
Guachos
30
Rio de la Plata is a what?
Estuary
31
Argentina's largest region is called what?
Patagonia
32
A hot region of Argentina with scarce grass and scrubby forest is what region?
Gran Chaco