History of Hispanic Heritage Month
Famous Hispanic and Latinx Individuals
Hispanic Heritage Month
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Hispanic Heritage Month - Food
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Hispanic heritage month begins on this day.
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He was a famous Spanish artist. Many of his paintings are worth millions.
Pablo Picasso
100
#11 is which country?
Venezuela
100
The Mexican states of Oaxaca and Puebla both claim to be the birthplace of this classic dish often served with chicken
Mole
100
This country is famous for its hats, a dish called sancocho, and the Canal.
Panama
200
In 1988, this U.S. president passed the law to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage for a month.
President Reagan
200
In 2020, she was the highest-paid actress in the world ($43M)
Sofia Vergara
200
This is the longest mountain range in the world and spans over 5 countries.
The Andes Mountains
200
This popular Mexican dessert is made using several kinds of milk
What is Tres Leches cake?
200
The capital is San Juan, Jennifer Lopez's family is from here, it's a U.S. territory
Puerto Rico
300
This is the reason Hispanic Heritage Month begins on the day it does.
The start date is the independence day for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras & Nicaragua.
300
In 1993, she was the first Hispanic woman in space
Ellen Ochoa
300
#2 is which country
Bolivia
300
This Salvadoran dish is typically filled with cheese, beans, or pork (sometimes all at once!)
What are pupusas?
300
This country hosted and won the first World Cup in 1930. An infamous plane crash happened close to here
Uruguay
400
In 1968, President Lyndon Johnson started the observance of Hispanic Heritage, not for a month, but for this amount of time.
One Week.
400
Male NBA player Jaime Jaquez is from this country
Mexico
400
This country has Easter Island as its territory. It is one of the longest countries is the world.
Chile
400
This Pre-Columbian food is one of the most notable of Colombia and Venezuela, but is also present in other countries such as Bolivia and Mexico. It even has a national holiday celebrated on the second Saturday of September!
What are arepas?
400
1 of 2 official languages for this country in Africa is Spanish
What is Equitorial Guinea?
500
What is the main goal of Hispanic Heritage Month?
To recognize hispanic and latino contributions
500
This artist is known as the "Queen of Tejano Music" with songs such as "Cómo la flor" & "Bidi bidi bom bom".
Selena (Quintanilla)
500
#2 is which country?
Bolivia
500
This is the most popular vegetable native to Latin America
What is corn?
500
Machu Picchu, Cusco, pink dolphins
Peru