20 Questions
What was central to the functioning of the vast ranches in Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil?
Gaucho culture
What type of ancestry did most gauchos typically have?
Mestizo
What was the 19th-century Argentinian epic poem that encapsulated the adventurous and brave life of gauchos?
El Gaucho Martín Fierro by José Hernández
Which beverage were gauchos addicted to, drinking it scalding hot from a gourd recipient through a metal straw?
Chimarrão
What term fell out of favor after the independence of Spain but used to refer to white people of European ancestry?
Criollo
Which South American region continues to have white-skinned Europeans dominating politics and culture even today?
Southern Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay
What is the local plant used to make the caffeinated mate tea that gauchos drank?
Yerba mate plant
Who were often marginalized in the Pampas region despite their presence for centuries?
Mestizo peoples
What was the culture of the cowboy known as in Rio Grande do Sul?
Gaucho culture
What has been much romanticized in Argentina and Uruguay, similar to charro culture in Mexico and cowboys in the American West?
Gaucho culture
What was the primary identity in Rio Grande do Sul, even among city people?
Gaucho culture
What cultural element has been much romanticized in Argentina and Uruguay?
Gauchos
Which group in the Pampas region contained many ardent supporters of the independence of Spain?
Ruling criollo class
What beverage were gauchos addicted to, drinking it scalding hot from a gourd recipient through a metal straw?
Mate tea
What was encapsulated in the 19th-century Argentinian epic poem El Gaucho Martín Fierro by José Hernández?
Adventure and bravery of gauchos
What is the term used to refer to white people of European ancestry in southern Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay even today?
Criollo
What is the traditional name for vast ranches in Argentina and Uruguay?
Haciendas
What type of beverage is mate, commonly drunk by gauchos?
Tea
What was the culture of cowboys known as in Rio Grande do Sul?
Gaucho culture
What type of ancestry did most gauchos typically have?
Mestizo ancestry
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