Inca Civilization Achievements

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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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