Inca Civilization Achievements

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What was central to the functioning of the vast ranches in Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil?

  • European ancestry
  • Criollo class
  • Gaucho culture (correct)
  • Mate tea

What type of ancestry did most gauchos typically have?

  • Mestizo (correct)
  • Criollo
  • African
  • European

What was the 19th-century Argentinian epic poem that encapsulated the adventurous and brave life of gauchos?

  • Don Quixote by Cervantes
  • The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
  • Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
  • El Gaucho Martín Fierro by José Hernández (correct)

Which beverage were gauchos addicted to, drinking it scalding hot from a gourd recipient through a metal straw?

<p>Chimarrão (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term fell out of favor after the independence of Spain but used to refer to white people of European ancestry?

<p>Criollo (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which South American region continues to have white-skinned Europeans dominating politics and culture even today?

<p>Southern Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the local plant used to make the caffeinated mate tea that gauchos drank?

<p>Yerba mate plant (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who were often marginalized in the Pampas region despite their presence for centuries?

<p>Mestizo peoples (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the culture of the cowboy known as in Rio Grande do Sul?

<p>Gaucho culture (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What has been much romanticized in Argentina and Uruguay, similar to charro culture in Mexico and cowboys in the American West?

<p>Gaucho culture (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the primary identity in Rio Grande do Sul, even among city people?

<p>Gaucho culture (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What cultural element has been much romanticized in Argentina and Uruguay?

<p>Gauchos (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which group in the Pampas region contained many ardent supporters of the independence of Spain?

<p>Ruling criollo class (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What beverage were gauchos addicted to, drinking it scalding hot from a gourd recipient through a metal straw?

<p>Mate tea (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was encapsulated in the 19th-century Argentinian epic poem El Gaucho Martín Fierro by José Hernández?

<p>Adventure and bravery of gauchos (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to refer to white people of European ancestry in southern Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay even today?

<p>Criollo (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the traditional name for vast ranches in Argentina and Uruguay?

<p>Haciendas (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of beverage is mate, commonly drunk by gauchos?

<p>Tea (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the culture of cowboys known as in Rio Grande do Sul?

<p>Gaucho culture (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of ancestry did most gauchos typically have?

<p>Mestizo ancestry (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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