Geocultura 1
The most impressive of the Iguazú waterfalls, known as the Devil's Throat
What is La Garganta del Diablo?
A very typical Argentinian food that combines various types of grilled meats and is served on large plates.
What is la parrillada?
A stew made from beef, pumpkin, and other vegetables
What is El Locro?
A dance with a combination of African rhythms, European folk music and popular gaucho songs?
El Tango
The currency of Argentina.
What is peso argentino?
The capital of Argentina.
What is Buenos Aires?
This festival in Buenos Aires is dedicated to the music and dance of tango, which originated in the neighborhoods of immigrants in the 19th century.
What is el festival del Tango?
What is the name of the hollowed-out gourd that Argentineans drink mate out of?
What is the calabacita?
The world's largest street. It is 425 feet wide.
Avenida 9 de julio
What is the name of the waterfalls that border Argentina and Brazil?
What are the Cataratas del Iguazu?
An area of unusual rock formations, with fossils from the Triassic period
What is El Parque Provincial Ischigualasto?
Originally the home of Italian immigrants, the picturesque streets of this neighborhood are famous for their colorful houses and its tango music.
What is La Boca [in Buenos Aires]?
A restaurant that serves appetizers prepared with meat, cheese, seafood and nuts
What is Las Picadas?
The presidential palace, known as the pink house
La Casa Rosada
This, at the foot of the Andes and at the edge of the Nahuel Huapí Lake in Patagonia, is known as the "Swiss Andes" because of its mountainous geography.
What is San Carlos de Bariloche?
The southernmost city in the world; here, during the winter in December and January, there are 20 hours of light
What is Ushuaia?
The highest mountain peak in Argentina
What is Cerro Aconcagua?
Argentina is famous for this tea made from the leaves of the yerba plant
What is yerba mate?
President of Argentina from 1974-1976. She was the first woman to head any nation in the Americas.
Eva Peron
The people of Buenos Aires are known as this.
What are porteños?
The land of the gauchos and the heart of the cattle-rasing in Argentina?
What is Las Pampas?
A Argentinian artist from German heritage that influenced the development of modern art in Argentina.
Xul Solar (1887-1963)
Mate is sipped through a straw called this.
What is a bombilla?
The world's largest mountain range. Stretches over 4500 miles (7 countries)
The Andes Mountains
The world's only inland glacier, still growing and moves forward about 30 feet a year.
What is Perrito Moreno?