| Term | Definition |
|---|
| What is the capital of Argentina and where is it located? | Buenos Aires and it is located at the mouth of the Rio de la Plata estuary on the Atlantic Coast |
| What is San Carlos de Bariloche? Where is it and what is it called? | Skiing place. On lago nahuel haupi in the Andes Mountains. Known as "the Switzerland of the Andes" |
| What is the center of livestock raising? What is it famous for? What is it similar to? | La Pampa. Land of the gauchos. The great plains. |
| What is a traditional dress called? | Trajes folcoricos |
| What is the "devil's throat"? where is it? what is the most impressive of the series of waterfalls called? | La garganta del diablo an enormous waterfall of the Rio Iguazu on the border between Argentina and Brazil. Cataratas del Iguazu |
| What is the area of unusual rock formations? what does it contain and when is it from? What has been found there? | El parque provincial ischigualasto contains fossils from the triassic period. Eoraptor lunensis has been found there. |
| Where do the penguins live? What are they called? | Los pingüinos live in large colonies in the far south. |
| WHat is the southernmost town in the world? When does it get the most sunlight and how much does it get? | Gets up to 20 hours of sunlight a day during the summer months of December and January. |
| Where is the Church of St Francis? What is it in spanish? HOw tall is the highest tower and who was it designed by? | Is in Salta, a city in northwest Argentina. Iglesia y Convento de San Francisco de Salta. 53 meters high, one of the highest in SOuth America. designed by spanish and italian architects |
| What is the cave of hands in spanish? where is it located? what is it decorated with? when was it done? | La Cueva de las Manos. In Patagonia. Outlines of hands. Painted over 10000 years ago |
| Who painted Vuel Vila? | Xul Solar, an Argentine artist of German Heritage. He had great influence on the development of modern art in Argentina. |
| What was La boca originally home to? What is it famous for? | Italian Immigrants who used parts of abanded ships to build their houses. Tango music that echoes in its streets. |
| What is the major festival that is held in San Antonio de Areco? What is it dedicated to? | La Fiesta de la semana de la tradcion. dedicated to gauchos and their traditions |
| What was the tango originated by? When? What is the music a combination of? | Immigrant neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. 1880. African rhythms, European folk music, and popular gaucho songs. |
| What is las picadas? | Small plates a resturant serves of a huge variety of appetizers prepared with cheese, meat, seafood, and nuts |
| When do people drink mate? What is it made of? Who drinks it? What is it served in? | Between four and six in the afternoon. Leaves of the yerba plant. Young and old. IN a hollowed-out gourd (calabacita) with a metal straw (bombilla) |
| What is the highest peak? Where is it located? | Mount Aconcagua close to the Chilean border. 6960 meters high. |
| money | peso argentino |
| government | republica |
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