| Term | Definition |
|---|
| La fiesta de la tirana | se celebra con bailes que tienen sus raices en los ritmos de ceremonias incaicas, el carnival chino, y las fiestas diabladas de Espana |
| Poet; 1904-1973 | Pablo Neruda |
| Poet; 1889-1957 | Gabriela Mistral |
| Famous painter; recieved a medal in The Exposicion Universal de Paris | Pedro Lira |
| Arpillerias | colorful pictures made by appliqueing pieces of fabric onto a larger fabric to create a simple, colorful story; originally done by indigenous inhabitants of the Andes; adopted in 1973 by single mothers in honor of their missing children or relatives after military coup |
| Rodeo | Chile's national sport |
| Rodeo season | September to May |
| March | Largest show in the Chilean Championship; in Rancuagua |
| La Nueva Cancion Chilena | songs were used for political purposes and were politically inspired starting in the 1960's especially after the dictator Augusto Pinochet toppled the elected government of Salvador Allende in 1973. Songs were used to pleas for the plight of the poor by people such as Violeta Para and Victor Jara. Many musicians were exiled or killed. |
| Copper | the cornerstone of Chile's economy |
| Chuquicamata | larges open-cut mine in Chile and one of the largest in the world; in the north |
| Germany, Finland, South Korea, Japan | Produces yearly over 3.7 million metric tons of fine copper destined primarily for these countires |
| Pirquineros | Independant miners looking for fortune in the resource rich lands of the north |
| Las Uvas de Mesa | Table grapes-major export; provides for most of the Southern Hemisphere |
| La Moneda | Built originally as the county's mint in Santiago-later used as country's home to Presidents |
| Taxi Drivers | Common source of passing info,; important part of oral culture |
| 84% | Chileans that live in the city: |
| September 18 | Independance Day |
| Huasos | Chilean cowboys |
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