Question

Revisionist accounts of this country's legendary murderous redhead La Quintrala have emphasized her position as a powerful woman in colonial society, whose influence historians like this country’s Benjamín Mackenna sought to minimize. This country deployed the first protected cruiser, the Esmerelda, during the Panama Crisis. Tens of thousands of citizens of this country were expelled from (*) Tarapacá at the start (-5[1])of a war sparked by the refusal of this country’s company CSFA to pay a ten-cent tax on nitrates. This country’s navy captured the ironclad Huascar at the Battle of Angamos. This country (-5[1])won a war ended by the Treaty of Ancon, which landlocked one of its neighbors. For 10 points, name this country that fought Peru and Bolivia in the War of the Pacific. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Chile [or Republic of Chile]
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Sanjeev UppaluriSyracuse+RochesterCornell R59-5
Ahmad ElrakhawiRITCornell MATLAB92-5
Nathan ZhangCornell MATLABRIT1250
Raymond WangCornell RSyracuse+Rochester12510

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2023 ARCADIA at ImperialImperialY5100%0%20%103.20
2023 ARCADIA at Carleton UniversityPremiereY3100%33%0%78.67
2023 ARCADIA at Claremont CollegesPremiereY1100%0%0%61.00
2023 ARCADIA at UC BerkeleyPremiereY2100%0%0%69.50
2023 ARCADIA at IndianaPremiereY580%20%60%97.75
2023 ARCADIA at RITPremiereY250%0%100%125.00
2023 ARCADIA at WUSTLPremiereY3100%0%0%93.67