History of Hispanic Heritage Month
Famous Hispanic and Latinx Individuals
Hispanic Heritage Month
- Geography & Flags
- Geography & Flags
Hispanic Heritage Month - Food
Hispanic Heritage - Wild Card
100
Hispanic Heritage Month begins on this day.
What is September 15?
100
He was a famous Spanish artist. Many of his paintings are worth millions.
Pablo Picasso
100
#6 is which country?
Ecuador
100
This dish is literally a tortilla with your choice of meat
Taco
100
This country is famous for its hats, a dish called sancocho, and the Canal.
Panama
200
This Mexican holiday celebrates the victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.
Cinco De Mayo
200
Shakira & Angela Restrepo Moreno are from this country
Colombia
200
An Island that is a territory of the USA
Puerto Rico
200
This popular dessert is made using several kinds of milk
Tres Leches cake
200
This fruit, native to Mexico and Central America, was once called “alligator pear” in English.
Avocado
300
This president first proclaimed Hispanic Heritage Week in 1968
Lyndon B. Johnson
300
She was the first Latina on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Sonia Sotomayor
300
#11 is which country
Venezuela
300
This Salvadoran dish is typically filled with cheese, beans, or pork (sometimes all at once!)
Pupusas
300
This country hosted and won the first World Cup in 1930. An infamous plane crash happened close to here
Uruguay
400
Hispanic Americans make up this percentage of the U.S. population today (as of 2020 census).
19~20%
400
This singer, known as the “Queen of Tejano Music,” remains a cultural icon after her tragic death in 1995.
Selena Quintanilla
400
This country has Easter Island as its territory. It is one of the longest countries is the world.
Chile
400
This is the most popular vegetable native to Latin America
Corn
400
The only Spanish speaking country in Africa
What is Equitorial Guinea?
500
This president expanded the celebration to a full month in 1988.
Ronald Reagan
500
He was the first Hispanic astronaut to go to space in 1985.
Rodolfo Neri Vela
500
This Central American country is known for its Mayan ruins, including Tikal.
Guatemala
500
These are treat sandwiches with dulce de leche between two cookies, sometimes dipped in chocolate (particularly popular in Argentina!)
Alfajores
500
Hispanic Heritage Month starts on September 15 to honor independence anniversaries. Name two of the five countries that celebrate independence that day.
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, or Nicaragua