The Day of the Sea (March 23rd)

Day of the Sea is celebrated every 23rd of March in Bolivia in commemoration of the loss of ____________.

• Litoral

• Calama

• Atacama Desert

• Antofagasta

Bolivia lost in the War of the Pacific against Chile in ________.

• 1879

• 1897

• 1979

• 1997

What initially detonated the conflict was Bolivia’s intention to charge a 10-cent tax per 100-pounds of potassium nitrate (saltpeter) harvested by __________ companies in the Atacama Desert.

• Chilean

• Bolivian

• Peruvian

• American

_________ army was better equipped and defeated _________ definitively in the Alto de la Alianza Battle on 26 May 1880.

• Chilean - Bolivia

• Bolivian - Chile

• Peruvian - Bolivia

• Chilean - Peru

In _______ a three way agreement was signed. According to the treaty, Bolivia ceded its coastal territories to Chile.

• 1904

• 1804

• 1994

• 1879

Abaroa was obstinately defending a small bridge over the ___________ River, when on the 23rd of March 1879 the Chileans ordered him to surrender.

• Topáter

• Rocha

• Pilcomayo

• Silala

Chilean army was better equipped and defeated Bolivia definitively in the ____________ Battle on 26 May 1880.

• Alto de la Alianza

• Calama

• Antofagasta

• Litoral

Who is the Hero of Topáter?

• Eduardo Abaroa

• Ladislao Cabrera

• Juancito Pinto

• Genoveva Rios

Bolivia has several large lakes.

• True

• False

Bolivia being landlocked and having no ports of its own has not greatly affected its economy.

• True

• False