PARAGUAY 



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PARAGUAY 



Outline and Questions 

 on Paraguay 



I. Location nnd Slse 



i I An inland country 



i ossed by Tropic of Capricorn 

 (3) Area 



\ctual. 171.770 square miles 

 Comparative 



II. The Land 



< 1 i Two principal divisions 



- Highlands 

 ( 3 ) Rivers 



III. MM- People 

 ' 1 ' Population, about 800.000 

 : tcial character! 



1 1 Citlea 



Kdueation an<l religion 



l\ . I iiiliiNfrlraaad Commerce 



>sibiliti-s of the country 

 Limited production 

 (3) Crops 



Mate 



-ing 



Manufaetu 



(6) Preponderance of imports over ex- 

 ports 



\. Government and HlMlor> 



1 i < Vntrulized republican form of gov 



ernment 



: Mscovery and early settlement 

 (3) Christ Sanitation 



Work of Father Solano 

 ..si. in "I .1. -suits, and lap.- 

 peoplt- into harharism 

 .dependence secured 

 Dictator presidents 



i 7 i I Msast rmis \\-;i ps 



i Modern progress and m 



Questions 



What advanta^.- istward 



rout.- along the Paraguay River o\ < T a 

 route along the Amaxmr.' 



Describe the dress of the women and 

 of the men In the rural regions. \Vliat 

 -ome of their moral charaetn i 



Who was "tin- Apostli- of I'aragu 

 and what did he accomplish v Mow 

 rtie excellent work of the Jesuits un- 



) ..i. i. -in that presents 

 whi-ii tin- ordinal settlement of 



"' u -I" account for the 



"ii ' 



- of South Aim-ri.-a 

 taller than tliat of 



Paraguay 1 1 ., MH..H.T 



states of th.- 

 I States are larger? 



IM reckoned the most vahia I.I. 

 f rallli- in I'aragn.. 



uiftUay becOtn ind. - 

 pendent? Why ronld 



i he possibilities of i ... hi,.], 



' 



What \ vrb<i 

 pi - Ml ! MM] n ! " 



live almost 

 four ilm.-.s M many Women us t, 



t was the cause of this condlti 

 affairs? 



President practically nil, 

 country? How did he do 



the nattiral lines of travel, uiid there will be 

 need for many more. 



Education. Elementary instruction is free, 

 and is in theory compulsory, but laws compel- 

 ling attendance are not well enforced. There 

 are private schools and Church schools for the 

 children of the well-to-do. There are about 800 

 public schools in the country. The state main- 

 tains a national college at Asuncion. 



Government. Paraguay is a centralized re- 

 public, the executive being a President chosen 

 directly by .the people, and the legislature con- 

 sist ing of a Congress of two houses, both elected 

 directly by the people. The Roman Catholic 

 Church is supported by the state, but other re- 

 ligions are tolerated. 



History. The city of Asuncion (which see), 

 piously named in honor of the doctrine of tin- 

 Assumption of the Virgin Mary, was founded 

 in 1535 by De Ayolas, Sebastian Cabot having 

 erected a temporary stockade eight years be- 



COMPARATIVE AREAS 

 Washington and Oregon together are n 

 lame as Paraguay. The Canadian province of 

 Alberta is over 80,000 square miles larger. 



fore. The marvelous career of the missionary, 



lailu-r Solano. the -Apostle of IV 

 lasted from i:rj to 1560. Ho wa.* a m< inl- 



tlir Kl.ilin-e.il)-. Tin .1, -ml- \\ . n tO 



the Clmreh from ItK).'. to 1769. Tin- rhil.lr. 

 llir ll:li\t> \\crr lan^hl to nail .ili<l \\.n -llp- 

 J'lml \\lth book-, acquired lial'il- <>| nili|(iil- 

 n. .1 mdu-iiy and learned the \.m.m- 

 < ivilized workers. The Jesuits were expelled in 

 1769 by act of the king of Spain, and t 

 work was undone to a very great e\t. MI. ni.-mv 

 1 .- j.ecple lapsing into barbarism. In 177<, 

 Paraguay was acquired \" Bue&M \ 



