Argentina Flashcards by Hannah Brennan

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Capital of España

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Madrid

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Capital of Uruguay

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Montevideo

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Capital of Venezuela

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Caracas

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Capital of Paraguay

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Asunción

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Capital of Perú

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Lima

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Capital of Ecuador

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Quito

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Capital of Argentina

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Buenos Aires

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Capital of Chile

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Santiago

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Capital of Colombia

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Bogotá

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Capitals of Bolivia

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La Paz / Sucre

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Official language of Argentina

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Español

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First animated movie

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The Apostle

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National Sport

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Pato

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Type of Govenment

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Democratic Republic

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President of Argentina

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Christina Kirchner

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Currency is called

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El Peso

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Ushuaia is located here, Land of Fire

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Tierra del Fuego

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Represents 1st Argentine coin

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Sun of May

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Worlds 8th largest country

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Argentina

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Argentina means…

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Silver

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Argentina flag

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3 horizontal stripes (blue,white,blue)

Represents the glaciers

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Metal straw

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Una bombilla

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Gained independence on this year

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1816

Q

Large # of immigrants came from these places

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Germany, England, Italy

Iguazú Falls length

2 miles

1 of the most impressive waterfalls

La Garganta del Diablo

Home of the Cowboys

Las pampas

Another name for cowboys

Gauchos

Place with worlds only inland glacier

Perito Moreno

Buenos Aires is located in the mouth of this

Rio de la Plata

Worlds widest avenue

Avenida 9 de Julio

Population in Argentina

38,000,000

Person in Buenos Aires, Argentinians

Los porteños

2 miles long

Iguazú falls

Southernmost city in the world

Ushuaia

Disappeared ones

Los desaparecidos

Trees

Quebracho

National drink

Yerba Mate

Restaurants

Las picadas

National dance

El tango

1 term presidency

4 years

Iguazú falls is on the border of these

Argentina and Brazil

Baggy pants worn by cowboys

Bombachas

Unique language

Lunfardo

Independence Day

July 9th

Pink house (like the White House)

La casa rosada

Created the 1st animated movie

Quirino Christiani

7yr campaign | 30,000 ppl kidnapped, tortured and killed from opposing to gov.

Dirty war

Special wooden cup

Una calabacita

Typical meal consisting of various meats

La parrillada