The first rifle to be used by a national military. The first of its kind that could reload a new bullet without requiring the shooter to manually eject the spent cartridge.
What is the Mondragón Rifle?
100
What the conquistadors were looking for in the Americas.
What were gold and silver in relation to the conquistadors?
100
A holiday celebrated in Rio de Janeiro that includes aspects from many different cultures and takes place before Lent. Includes dancing, music, and parades.
What is Carnival?
100
A religious trait that all of the civilizations have in common.
What is polytheism?
200
Como te llamas?
How do you say 'what is your name' in Spanish?
200
A famous surrealist painter from Mexico who painted pictures of herself. She lived a very hard life due to physical and emotional pain.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
200
The conquistador that found the Incas, captured their ruler, and killed him in front of their people.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
200
A holiday that is NOT the same as the independence day in Mexico.
What is Cinco de Mayo?
200
This civilization is known for having a calendar that supposedly was going to predict the end of the world on December 12, 2012.
Who are the Maya?
300
Me llamo es...
How do you say 'my name is...' in Spanish?
300
A famous Mexican American singer who stole the hearts of many Latinos and Americans and was eventually shot by her fan club president.
Who is Selena?
300
He found the Aztecs in Latin America and was from Spain.
Who is Hernán Cortes?
300
Day of the Dead symbol and purpose.
What are skulls in relation to Day of the Dead? How do they remember family members who have died and are visiting?
300
Three advancements of the Aztec.
What are aqueducts, Tenochtitlán (the capital city), advanced engineering and agriculture, and calendars, herbal medicine, and strong military?
400
Que pasa AND puedo ir al baño?
How do you say 'what's up' and 'can I go to the bathroom' in Spanish?
400
Color Television
In 1942, while the Americans, Russians and Germans were preoccupied with WWII, a young Mexican man named Guillermo González Camarena filed a patent for one of the first of what? It would change the face of news and entertainment for many decades to come.
400
Two effects of the conquistadors on the indigenous peoples of Latin America.
What are a new religion, mainly Catholicism, the encomienda system, disease and the language, Spanish and Portuguese.
400
The history of Cinco de Mayo.
What is a lack of debt payment by the President of Mexico causing the French invasion and defeat at Puebla?
400
The locations of all four civilizations - correctly labeled.
Olmec - Mexico's Golf Coast near Tabasco and Veracruz
Inca - Andes and the Pampas in Peru
Maya - Southern Mexico, Guatemala and Belize
Aztec - Valley of Mexico
500
Three languages, other than Spanish, spoken in Latin America.
What are French, Portuguese, English, indigenous languages, and Dutch?
500
Diego Rivera
Who is a man that is known for painting numerous murals both in America and Mexico? He is famous for his radical political beliefs (communism) and for painting famous historical scenes from history dealing with the Mexican Revolution and conquest.
500
Three advantages of the conquistadors over the indigenous peoples of Latin America?
What are deadly diseases (chicken pox, smallpox, etc.), better weapons (cannons, steel swords, armor) and horses?
500
What Cinco de Mayo symbolizes.
What is the strength and independence of Mexico from other countries?