Vocabulary
The phrase, "tengo hambre" means?
What is, "I'm hungry."
The southernmost country in South America.
What is Chile?
This 30-day long celebration honors contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans to the country's history, heritage and culture.
What Hispanic Heritage Month.
Nochebuena is the Latin-American tradition of celebrating this day?
What is Christmas Eve?
This Mexican-American made history in 1998,when he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Who is Carlos Santana?
If my father is black and my mother is white, I'm considered this in Spanish.
What is, mulatto?
The largest Spanish speaking city in the world.
What is Mexico City?
Bonus question: Name the second or third largest Spanish speaking cities in the world... Buenos Aires, Argentina and Bogota, Columbia.
This U.S. president is credited with enacting Hispanic Heritage Month with a week long celebration back in 1968.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This religion is practiced by 80% of Latin-Americans.
What is Catholicism or catholic?
Known as "El Rey de los Timbales," he lived in Spanish Harlem and is best known for his mambo and Latin jazz compositions that endured an over 50-year old career.
Who is Tito Puente?
Habichuelas and Frijoles are Spanish words for these frequently used vegetables.
What are beans?
This Spanish speaking nation connects Central and South America.
What is Panama?
This Spanish speaking country still has a royal family.
What is Spain?
This genre of music combines hip-hop and reggae rhythms with Spanish rapping and singing.
What is Reggaeton?
Appointed by President Obama in 2009, she is the first Hispanic and Latina Justice of the Supreme Court.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
To have "pelo Rubio" means.
What is blonde hair?
San Jose is the capital of this Latin American country.
What is Costa Rica?
She was Argentina's first lady from 1946 until her death in 1952.
Who is Eva or Evita Peron?
This popular El Salvadorian dish is made with cornmeal or rice flour. It is usually stuffed with cheese, meat and/or vegetables.
What is a pupusa?
This Bronx-born artist is also known as the King of Bachata.
Who is Romeo Santos?
The meaning of the Spanish phrase "entre la espada y la pared."
What is, "Between the sword and the wall" or "Between a rock and a hard place"?
La Sierra Maestra is the name of a mountain range with the highest point on this Caribbean island.
What is Cuba?
This Caribbean island became a U.S. territory in 1898, after the Spanish-American War.
What is Puerto Rico?
This style of dance originated in the 1900s in Cuba, where rhythms from the two main existing styles of music were combined to create this new dance. This new rhythm was combined with American jazz and taken to New York by Cuban musicians.
What is Salsa.
This Mexican painter was known for his large frescos and married fellow artist Frida Kahlo twice.
Who is Diego Rivera?