War of the Pacific - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

During this war, the Lynch expedition destroyed 10 coastal towns while freeing thousands of indentured laborers over the course of two months. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this war whose victor gamed the regions of Tacna, Arica, and Tarapacá after treaties signed in Ancón and Valparaíso.

ANSWER: War of the Pacific [or Guerra del Pacífico; accept Saltpeter War or Guerra del salitre]

[10h] Many of the ironclads in service during the War of the Pacific were built or purchased for an earlier war between various South American countries and Spain named for these Peruvian islands rich in guano.

ANSWER: Chincha Islands [or Islas Chincha; accept Chincha Islands War]

[10e] Antofagasta, a city located in this desert, was the site of the first military agitations of the war. This desert’s rich supply of guano and saltpeter was coveted by the war’s belligerents.

ANSWER: Atacama Desert [or Desierto de Atacama]

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Summary


California	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%
Canada	Main	Y	6	16.67	83%	67%	17%
Florida	Main	Y	11	13.64	91%	46%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	10.00	83%	17%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	14.29	100%	43%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	10	14.00	80%	50%	10%
North	Main	Y	10	18.00	100%	70%	10%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	60%	20%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	12	13.33	92%	33%	8%
South Central	Main	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	17.50	100%	33%	42%
UK	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	18.75	100%	63%	25%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	18.75	100%	63%	25%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%

Data


Berkeley E	Berkeley B	0	0	10	10
Stanford C	Berkeley D	0	0	10	10
Berkeley A	UCSC	10	10	10	30
Berkeley F	Stanford A	0	0	10	10
Stanford B	Berkeley C	10	0	10	20
UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	UCLA D	10	0	10	20
Claremont Pitzer	UCSD Vices and Virtues	0	0	0	0
UCLA A	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	10	0	10	20
Queen's A	Guelph A	0	0	10	10
McMaster C	McGill A	0	0	10	10
Toronto D	McGill C	0	0	10	10
McMaster A	Toronto F	0	0	10	10
Queen's B	Toronto C	0	0	10	10
Toronto E	Toronto A	10	0	10	20
Toronto H	Toronto G	0	0	10	10
Ottawa	Toronto I	10	0	10	20
McGill B	Toronto J	10	0	10	20
Toronto K	Carleton	10	0	10	20
Toronto Metropolitan	McMaster B	10	0	0	10
Melbourne A	ERAU A	0	0	10	10
FSU	ERAU B	0	0	10	10
UCF B	UF A	0	0	10	10
Melbourne B	UF D	0	0	0	0
UF E	UCF A	10	0	10	20
FIU	USF	0	0	10	10
UCLA C	Claremont Scripps	10	0	10	20
UCI	USC	0	0	10	10
UCLA B	UCSB	10	10	10	30
MSU B	CWRU B	0	0	10	10
CWRU C	OSU A	0	0	10	10
Pitt A	OSU B	10	0	10	20
OSU C	Kenyon A	10	0	10	20
CWRU D	OSU D	0	0	10	10
Pitt B	MSU A	0	0	10	10
CWRU A	Pitt C	10	0	10	20
James Madison	Liberty C	0	0	10	10
Clemson A	Tennessee B	10	0	10	20
Liberty B	Clemson B	10	0	0	10
NC State	Tennessee A	0	0	10	10
South Carolina A	North Carolina A	0	0	10	10
Virginia A	Tusculum	10	10	10	30
North Carolina C	Virginia B	0	0	10	10
Virginia Tech A	North Carolina B	10	0	10	20
South Carolina B	Virginia Tech B	0	0	0	0
Liberty A	Roanoke	10	0	10	20
Maryland D	George Washington A	10	0	10	20
George Mason A	George Washington B	10	10	10	30
NYU A	Georgetown A	10	0	10	20
Maryland A	NYU B	10	0	10	20
Maryland B	Notre Dame E	0	0	10	10
Penn A	Johns Hopkins A	10	0	10	20
Johns Hopkins C	Penn B	0	0	10	10
UMBC A	Catholic University	10	0	10	20
Johns Hopkins B	VCU A	0	0	10	10
Georgetown B	George Mason C	10	0	10	20
Swarthmore A	Lehigh A	10	10	10	30
Columbia A	Columbia B	10	0	10	20
Rutgers B	Vassar A	0	0	10	10
Rowan A	Rutgers C	0	0	10	10
Missouri B	WashU D	0	0	10	10
Missouri B	WashU D	0	0	10	10
Missouri B	WashU C	10	0	10	20
Missouri B	WashU C	10	0	10	20
Missouri B	WashU D	0	0	10	10
Missouri B	WashU D	0	0	10	10
Missouri B	WashU C	10	0	10	20
Missouri B	WashU C	10	0	10	20
WashU C	Truman State	0	0	10	10
WashU A	WashU B	10	0	10	20
SIUE	William Woods	0	0	10	10
Princeton A	Lehigh B	10	0	10	20
Chicago B	Illinois A	10	0	10	20
Indiana A	Chicago C	10	0	10	20
Chicago D	Notre Dame D	0	0	10	10
Illinois C	Chicago A	0	0	10	10
Indiana B	Notre Dame B	0	0	0	0
Louisville B	Michigan C	0	0	10	10
Kentucky	Michigan A	10	0	10	20
Louisville A	Michigan D	0	0	10	10
Purdue A	Notre Dame A	0	0	10	10
Illinois B	Purdue B	10	10	10	30
Purdue C	Notre Dame C	0	0	10	10
Michigan B	UIC	0	0	10	10
Carleton	Iowa State	10	0	10	20
Macalester B	Minnesota A	10	0	10	20
Yale A	Amherst B	0	10	10	20
BC A	Tufts A	0	0	10	10
MIT A	Bowdoin B	0	10	10	20
Bowdoin A	Brandeis Lloyd George	0	0	10	10
Cornell-UG	Brandeis Orlando	0	10	10	20
Yale B	Brandeis Wilson	0	0	10	10
Brown A	Brandeis Clemenceau	0	0	10	10
BU	Brown B	10	10	10	30
Brown C	BC B	10	0	10	20
Harvard	MIT B	10	10	10	30
Dartmouth	Tufts B	10	0	10	20
Williams	Amherst A	0	0	10	10
British Columbia C	British Columbia A	0	0	10	10
British Columbia B	British Columbia D	10	0	10	20
Washington A	Alberta	10	10	10	30
Washington B	Simon Fraser	10	0	10	20
Arizona State A	Ohio	10	0	10	20
Alberta B	Texas B	10	0	10	20
UTD A	Northwestern C	0	0	10	10
Arizona State B	Rose State	0	0	10	10
Texas A	UCO	10	10	10	30
Tulsa	Northwestern B	10	0	10	20
UTD B	McGill D	0	0	10	10
Northwestern A	Iowa	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech D	Alabama A	0	0	10	10
Auburn A	Georgia Tech C	10	10	10	30
Huntsville A	Alabama B	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech B	Mississippi State A	10	0	10	20
Bruin A	UAB A	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt A	Sewanee A	10	0	10	20
Vanderbilt B	Huntsville B	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Auburn B	0	0	10	10
Cambridge A	Imperial A	10	0	10	20
ESF	Binghamton B	0	0	10	10
Binghamton A	RIT A	0	0	10	10
RIT B	Cornell-DII	0	0	10	10
Syracuse	Rochester	10	0	10	20