The Dominican Republic covers 2/3 of the island of Hispaniola. What country is in the other third?
What is Haiti?
100
What do the children in the Dominican Republic wear to school? *hint hint* private schools!
What is uniforms?
100
Is the Dominican Republic a democracy?
What is YES!
100
Name one fruit that's popular in the Dominican.
What is guavas, coconuts and pineapples?
100
What is 'el dia de los Reyes Magos'?
What is Three King's Day?
200
The Dominican Republic's culture derives from Spanish and __________ influences.
What is African?
200
*Wrinkled my nose* What does this mean in the Dominican?
What is 'I don't understand'
200
The voting age in the Dominican Republic is...
What is 18?
200
Festivals and celebrations are very important in Dominican culture. Celebrations for a certain holiday begin in early December and continue until Epiphany Day on January 6th. What holiday do these celebrations surround?
What is la navidad?
200
How are the President and Vice President elected?
By popular vote!
300
1496 was the date of the establishment of the Dominican Republic's capital. What is the name of the capital?
What is Santo Domingo?
300
Is it okay to arrive late when going somewhere in the Dominican?
Yes: people are expected to arrive 15-30 minutes late!
300
What percentage of Dominicans live in poverty? A. 30% B. 40% C. 50% D. 60%
What is B? (40%)
300
Baseball is the most popular sport in the Dominican Republic. What country's immigrants brought baseball to the Dominican?
What is Cuba?
300
What is one distinct quality about the way Dominicans speak? *HINT* speed, formality, etc.
What is very fast, and with a lot of slang?
400
The island of Hispaniola is between what two bodies of water? *HINT* One is NOT an ocean...
What is the Caribbean Sea, and the North Atlantic Ocean?
400
What is the Dominican Republic's literacy rate? A. 28.4% B. 96% C. 85% D. 100%
What is C? (85%)
400
What is the Dominican Republic's currency?
What is the peso?
400
The food in the Dominican Republic is a combination of Spanish, African and ________ influences.
What is Thai?
400
Was the Dominican Republic the first Spanish-speaking colony in the New World? If not, what country was?
It was!
500
In what century was the Dominican Republic discovered?
What is the fifteenth century? (1492)
500
What color gift should I AVOID giving to somebody in the Dominican Republic?
What is purple or black?
500
What are the two most important sources of income in the Dominican Republic?
What is tourism and agriculture?
500
There is a special lunch meal in the Dominican called 'la vendera'. The flag. Why is it called that?
The food (chicken, white rice and red beans) are the colors of the Dominican flag!
500
In what month is the Dominican's 'dia de la independencia'?