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Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (), is a federal republic in the southern portion of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with its neighbor Chile to the west, the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. With a mainland area of , Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world, the second largest in Latin America, and the largest Spanish-speaking one. The country is subdivided into twenty-three provinces (, singular "provincia") and one autonomous city ("ciudad autonoma"), Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the nation () as decided by Congress. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system.

Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands (), and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The earliest recorded human presence in the area of modern-day Argentina dates back to the Paleolithic period. The country has its roots in Spanish colonization of the region during the 16th century. Argentina rose as the successor state of the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata, a Spanish overseas viceroyalty founded in 1776. The declaration and fight for independence (18101818) was followed by an extended civil war that lasted until 1861, culminating in the country's reorganization as a federation of provinces with Buenos Aires as its capital city. The country thereafter enjoyed relative peace and stability, with massive waves of European immigration radically reshaping its cultural and demographic outlook. The almost-unparalleled increase in prosperity led to Argentina becoming the seventh wealthiest developed nation in the world by the early 20th century.

1. When did people first inhabit Argentina?
2. What is the official name of the country?
3. Who is there western neighbor?
4. And the north?
5. What about the northeast?
6. And the east?
7. What is the nation's capital?
8. Is Buenos Aires self governed?
9. How did it become the capitol?
10. What type of government system to the provinces and the capital have?
11. What happened to change it's cultural outlook?
12. What language is spoken there?
13. When did they make their declaration of independence?
14. What happened after that?
15. Did their civil war last for a long time?
16. How long?
17. Is Argentina a wealthy country?
18. When were they recognized as such?

Numbered answers:
1. Paleolithic period
2. Argentine Republic
3. Chile
4. Bolivia and Paraguay
5. Uruguay
6. Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean
7. Buenos Aires
8. yes
9. it was decided by Congress
10. a federal system
11. immigration
12. Spanish
13. 1810
14. fight for independence
15. yes
16. until 1861
17. yes
18. the early 20th century