Holidays Around the World
This holiday is associated with Buddhism.
a. Dharma Day
b. Christmas
c. Hindi New Year
d. Rosh Hashanah
What is Dharma Day.
This is what millions of immigrants bring with them to the United States.
a. Capital
b. Culture
c. Jobs
d. Money
What is culture.
The official languages of Canada are ______ and ______.
a. English and French
b. English and Spanish
c. French and Spanish
d. German and Mandarin
What is English and French.
A quinceañera celebrates the coming of age of a 16-year-old girl.
a. True
b. False
What is false (it's 15-years-old).
This Jewish holiday marks the Jewish New Year.
a. Rosh Hashanah
b. Shabbat
c. Yom Kippur
d. Hanukkah
What is Rosh Hashanah.
This country's residents became citizens of the United States in 1917.
a. Cuba
b. Puerto Rico
c. China
d. The Philippines
What is Puerto Rico.
This many languages exist worldwide.
a. 90
b. 2,000
c. 7,000
d. 10,000
What is 7,000.
This country took part in colonizing Africa in the 1800-1900's.
a. Portugal
b. China
c. United States
d. Australia
What is Portugal.
This holiday is the second most popular card-giving holiday.
a. Memorial Day
b. Kwanzaa
c. Easter
d. Valentine's Day
What is Valentine's Day.
This is an example of the effect of modern immigration patterns in the United States.
a. St. Patrick's Day
b. Commercials in Spanish
c. The popularity of pizza
d. The growth of jazz music
What is commercials in Spanish.
This language is the most spoken in the world.
a. English
b. Spanish
c. Mandarin (Chinese)
d. Hindi
What is Mandarin (Chinese).
This is where the Olympics started.
a. Italy
b. Greece
c. France
d. Germany
What is Greece.
This is the day Kwanza begins.
a. December 1st
b. December 26th
c. January 1st
d. None of the above
What is December 26th.
Nearly one in ______ Americans was Hispanic or Latino as of 2009.
a. 6
b. 25
c. 2
d. 13
What is 6.
This country is where Khmer is the official language.
a. Cambodia
b. Laos
c. North Korea
d. Myanmar
What is Cambodia.
Groundhog Day is observed each year on February 2nd in the U.S. and ______.
a. Canada
b. England
c. Mexico
d. France
What is Canada.
This is what Holi celebrates.
a. A festival of color and the beginning of spring
b. A festival of darkness and the beginning of winter
c. A festival of flowers and the end of summer
d. A festival of dogs and the beginning of winter
What is a festival of color and the beginning of spring.
This is the largest Native American tribe as of 2010.
a. Navajo
b. Sioux
c. Cheyenne
d. Cherokee
What is Navajo.
This is where Sign Language originated.
a. United States
b. France
c. Germany
d. Great Britain
What is France.
This is why the Silk Road is important.
a. It allowed China to move its soldiers when under attack
b. It provided a way to trade Chinese goods and ideas
c. It had many silk farms along the road
d. It gave China better irrigation for farmland
What is it provided a way to trade Chinese goods and ideas.
Tet Nguyen Dan is the name given to the first day of the Lunar New Year in this country.
a. Vietnam
b. China
c. Japan
d. Korea
What is Vietnam.
This country gave the Statue of Liberty to the USA.
a. England
b. Canada
c. France
d. China
What is France.
This percent of the world's population is bilingual or multilingual.
a. 25%
b. 40%
c. 50%
d. 60%
What is 50%.
These were the first people believed to inhabit Australia.
a. Aborigines
b. Inca
c. Aztec
d. Mayan
Who are the Aborigines.
This is what La Posada in Mexico commemorates.
a. Joseph and Mary's travels from Nazareth to Bethlehem
b. The birth of Jesus
c. The death of Christ
d. The resurrection of Christ
What is Joseph and Mary's travels from Nazareth to Bethlehem.
American cuisine has been influenced by ______ and ______.
a. Europeans and Native Americans
b. Europeans and Hispanics
c. Native Americans and Hispanics
d. None of the above
Who is Europeans and Native Americans.
This is how you would say "hello" in the native language that is spoken by most the world.
a. Hello
b. Namaste
c. Bonjour
d. Ni hao
What is Ni hao.
This culture is the earliest historical mention of hummus in the 13th century.
a. Persian
b. Egyptian
c. Israeli
d. Greek
What is Egyptian.