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URUGUAY 



Outline and Questions on 

 Uruguay 



I. Location 



( 1 ) Boundaries Brazil, Paraguay, Ar- 

 gentina, Atlantic Ocean 

 Latitude, 30 to 35" south 



(3) Longitude, 53 25' west 



(4) Area 



(a) Actual, 72,168 square miles 



(b) Comparative 



II. The Land 



( 1 ) Surface features 



(a) Low, sandy coast 



(b) Rolling or hilly inland region 

 ( 2 ) Rivers and lakes 



(3) Prairies 

 i 4) Climate 



III. The People 



(1) Classification 



(a) Whites 



(b) Guarani, or Indians 



(c) Mixed 



(2) Population 



(3) Education 



(4) Cities 



IV. Industries and Commerce 



(1) Agriculture 



(a) Chief crops 



(2) Predominance of stock raising 



(3) Mining 



( 4 ) Minor importance of manufactures 



(5) Commerce 



(a) Preponderance of exports over 

 imports 



(6) Transportation 



V. Government and History 



(1) Centralized republican form 

 (a) Departments 



(2) Early Spanish possession 



(3) Became separate dependency 



(4) Independence secured 



(5) Internal and external troubles 



(6) Recent progress 



Questions 



What does the name of the capital 

 of Uruguay mean? 



How did the aborigines of this coun- 

 try differ from most of the other "In- 

 dians" of America? 



In a well-mixed crowd of Uruguay- 

 ans how many out of a hundred would 

 be found who could read and write? 



When did the country become inde- 

 pendent? Was this earlier or later 

 than the countries upon which it bor- 

 ders? 



What seven states of the American 

 Union could be made of this republic? 



How many independent countries of 

 South America are smaller? Which 

 compares most closely with it in size? 



What connection is there between an- 

 cient Greece and this New World coun- 

 try? How has the connection been es- 

 tablished? 



What educational institution shows 

 that the capital is a progressive and 

 up-to-date city? 



Where was gold discovered first, In 

 Uruguay or in California? 



What does the government do to help 

 the farmer? 



have been "in the 113th Olympiad" (between 

 324 and 320 B.C.). Within the little vault were 

 found a sword, on the handle of which appeared 

 the model of a head, presumably that of Phil- 

 ip's son, Alexander the Great (whose profile 

 is familiar in histories) ; another sword ; a hel- 

 met embossed with medallion figures represent- 

 ing Achilles dragging the body of Hector 

 around the walls of Troy (as related in Homer's 

 Iliad); a shield; a large earthen vessel, which 

 might or might not be of Greek design. Rust 

 had invaded the metal deeply, and the weather- 

 ing of the stone had rendered the inscription 

 difficult to read even in its initial words, which 

 were by far the best. preserved. 



The inscription, coming to light after twenty 

 centuries, seems to tell of- one of the old Greek 

 sea captains of Alexander's day, some of whom 

 are otherwise known to have entered the At- 

 lantic; and we may infer that his ship was 

 blown across the ocean, and never returned to 

 Greece. 



Government and Education. Uruguay is a 

 centralized state with a government much like 

 that of the American Union. The president is 

 elected for four years. The Congress consists 

 of two houses, the members of which are 

 elected by the people. 



Primary education is supplied by public 

 schools, and is both free and compulsory, but 

 there is much disregard of this in certain dis- 

 tricts. There are many church schools and pre- 



FLAG OP URUGUAY 

 Shaded lines are dark blue ; the star is gold ; 

 plain surface, white. 



paratory academies for the children of people 

 of wealth. A state university is maintained at 

 Montevideo; a night school for women, with a 

 special view to domestic education, is another 

 educational institution of this progressive capi- 

 tal. 



History. Uruguay was visited by the Span- 

 iards under Juan de Solis in 1512, and fourteen 

 years later the Spanish took possession at 

 Montevideo under Zavala, the governor at 



