History of Argentina Crossword Puzzle for Kids
Free printable educational crossword puzzle. Every clue is a plain-English sentence from the Simple English Wikipedia article on History of Argentina, with the key word blanked out.
History of Argentina Crossword
Name: ____________________ Date: ______________
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Across
- 2. This means the country fails to meet the requirements of the loan _____. (9 letters)
- 3. 1908 - Argentina has _____ highest per capita income in the world. (7 letters)
- 6. For many years, Argentina has claimed to own these _____. (7 letters)
- 8. Left-wing and right-wing _____ increases. (9 letters)
- 9. People who do not agree with him are put into _____. (6 letters)
- 11. Argentina was settled by many different indigenous _____. (5 letters)
- 14. Its goals are to make elections more fair and ensure that more people participate in the _____ process. (10 letters)
Down
- 1. Some of present-day Argentina became part of the Incan _____, but in other areas, people resisted. (6 letters)
- 4. 1990 - Full diplomatic _____ with the United Kingdom are restored. (9 letters)
- 5. 1943 - Nationalist army officers take control of the country in _____ of electoral fraud. (7 letters)
- 7. This dispute had restricted the country's access to international credit _____. (6 letters)
- 10. 1949 - A new constitution gives more _____ to the president. (5 letters)
- 12. 1932 - Non-military rule is restored, but _____ decline continues. (8 letters)
- 13. It gives the right to _____ to all adult men in the country. (4 letters)
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History of Argentina Word Search
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History of Argentina Crossword Answer Key & Definitions
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- 2 Across: AGREEMENT — An agreement is writing down a promise made. Simple English Wikipedia: Agreement
- 3 Across: SEVENTH
- 6 Across: ISLANDS — This is a list of islands in the world ordered by area. Simple English Wikipedia: List of islands by area
- 8 Across: TERRORISM — Terrorism is the use of fear and violence for political, religious or ideological reasons. Simple English Wikipedia: Terrorism
- 9 Across: PRISON — A prison or jail is a facility where people are held against their will as a punishment or in pretrial detention. Simple English Wikipedia: Prison
- 11 Across: TRIBE — A tribe is a group of people who live and work together in a shared geographical area. Simple English Wikipedia: Tribe
- 14 Across: DEMOCRATIC
- 1 Down: EMPIRE — An empire is a political unit which exercises control over territory of great extent or a number of territories or peoples through formal annexations or various forms of informal domination. Simple English Wikipedia: Empire
- 4 Down: RELATIONS
- 5 Down: PROTEST — A protest is when a number of people come together in public to show others that they strongly like or dislike a social condition or a government policy. Simple English Wikipedia: Protest
- 7 Down: MARKET — A market is a place where people go to buy or sell things. Simple English Wikipedia: Market
- 10 Down: POWER
- 12 Down: ECONOMIC — Economics is the social science which studies economic activity: how people make choices to get what they want. Simple English Wikipedia: Economics
- 13 Down: VOTE — Voting is when a group of people decide something by saying what they want. Simple English Wikipedia: Voting
Definitions adapted from Simple English Wikipedia and Wikipedia articles (week 2026-W41), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Read about History of Argentina
Argentina was settled by many different indigenous tribes. In 1480, the Incan Empire invaded and established the first major empire in Argentinian history. Some of present-day Argentina became part of the Incan Empire, but in other areas, people resisted.
In 1516 Juan Diaz de Solias, a Spanish explorer and navigator, was the first European to set foot in present-day Argentina.
Timeline
1908 - Argentina has seventh highest per capita income in the world.
1912 - Argentina passes the Sáenz Peña Law, a major reform. Its goals are to make elections more fair and ensure that more people participate in the democratic process. It gives the right to vote to all adult men in the country. In fact, the law requires them to vote.
1916 - Hipolito Yrigoyen of the Radical Party is elected president. He introduces a minimum wage to counter the effects of inflation.
1930 - President Yrigoyen is removed from power by a military coup. The Great Depression has caused an economic depression in the country.
1932 - Non-military rule is restored, but economic decline continues.
Text adapted from the Simple English Wikipedia article “History of Argentina” (revision 10410448, 2025-07-22), authors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.