Domingo Sarmiento
Plot
Themes
Misc
Types of Gaucho
100
Domingo Sarmiento wrote Facundo: or Barbarism and Civilization while living in exile in this country.
What is Chile?
100
The Argentinians who live in the plains and ride horses whilst indulging in violence and barbarism
What is a Gaucho?
100
Facundo is compared to this animal.
What is a Tiger?
100
He is the man in this painted portrait:
Who is Facundo?
100
Sarmiento calls stealing horses is this type of gaucho's "science"
What is el gaucho malo or the outlaw?
200
Sarmiento was known as a member of this group of intellectuals who influenced nineteenth-century Argentina.
What is Generation of 1837?
200
Facundo supported this form of Government in Argentina.
What is tyrannical Federalism?
200
This character represented civilization and European education.
Who is General Paz?
200
Facundo was originally released in this format.
What are serial articles?
200
This type of gaucho gained much respect from their incredible detective work, and their word was considered sufficient evidence in a court of law.
What is el rastreador or the tracker?
300
Sarmiento believed that in order for Argentine society to prosper, the government must provide its citizens with this.
What is education?
300
Facundo is ultimately killed by this character.
Who is Santos Perez?
300
Sarmiento supported this form of Government.
What is unitarist Government?
300
Buenos Ayres is said to posses this tragic flaw of Greek Mythology.
What is Hubris?
300
Sarmiento compares this type of gaucho to the troubadour of feudalistic Medieval Europe.
What is el cantor or the minstrel?
400
Sarmiento served as Argentina's seventh president during this time frame.
What is 1868 to 1874?
400
Facundo supports this historical dictator and Sarmiento spends much of the book criticizing his reign over Argentina.
Who is Don Juan Manuel Rosas?
400
Name two differences between General Paz and Facundo
(any two) European Education, indulgence in passion, science, violence, discipline
400
Without this man, we would not know this story:
Who is Domingo Faustino Sarmiento?
400
Thought to be the cornerstone of any military campaign, this gaucho could survey and memorize 20,000 league stretches of the wild Pampas plains.
What is el baqueano or the pathfinder?
500
Sarmiento believed that, "To write just for the sake of writing is the profession of the vain and pretentious, those who are indifferent, without principles or true patriotism,” and literature must ultimately serve this purpose.
What is a utilitarian purpose?
500
The first four chapters detail these three things about Argentina.
What is Geography, History, and Anthropology?
500
Metaphors pertaining to this are repeatedly used throughout the text to show the dichotomy of Federalism and a unified state through the use of symbolic characters
What is nature?
500
Facundo deals with building a Government and who should rule. Sarmiento believes that education and wisdom should lead a country. This philosopher also holds this position.
Who is Plato?
500
Sarmiento is especially critical of this sort of gaucho who, in his eyes, is the cause for most of Argentina's problems.
What is el cantor or the minstrel?