Geography
Spanning over two continents, North America and South America, this area is separated into four geographical and cultural regions.
What is Latin America?
Used during celebrations, this instrument typically has ornate carvings near the mouth piece and bell, although it is an Aztec Flute, it looks more like a modern recorder.
What is the tslapizalli?
These instruments are played in the palm of your hand, clappers, frequently used in Latin American Music.
After colonial influences, this form of music made up the largest contribution of Latin American music in the 19th Century
What is Opera?
Many explorers, and conquistadors set sail from Europe to the Americas looking for the famed city of gold, that goes by this name.
What is El Dorado?
These four geographical regions make up the cultural divides in Latin America.
What is North America, South America, Central America, and parts of the Caribbean.
Another instrument used during celebrations, and talks of war. This mallet drum had slits down the middle to allow the vibrations to move through the inside of the drum.
What is the Teponaztli?
A relative of the maraca, this Peruvian Rattle is made from goat hooves, or shells from local vegetation.
What are Chajchas?
This idea was a central idea for music during the 20th Century.
What is Nationalism?
During the Movie, The Road to El Dorado, Cortes used the phrase, "For Spain, for glory, for gold!" a variation of a different motive for historical conquistadors.
What is Gold, God, and Glory?
These two languages are spoken all through Latin America, and although they're Latin based, it isn't Latin.
What are Spanish and Portuguese?
A hand drum used during ceremonies, it has openings at the bottom to allow sound to reverberate outside of the drum.
What is the HueHuetl?
A combination of indigenous style dancing, and European influence, this dance is a relative of tap dancing.
What is Zapateado?
This Mexican American Pop Star was known as the Queen of Tejano music. Sadly, she was murdered in 1995.
Who is Selena?
Using the coincidental eruption of a volcano, these two characters manage to convince an entire Civilization that they are gods.
Who are Miguel and Tulio?
The largest mountain range in the world, locate on the west side of South America.
What are the Andes?
This conch shell instruments was used for many different things, from celebrations, sports, and war.
What is a Quiquitzli?
This dance uses a scarf to show feeling and draw attention to certain places in the dance.
What is Danza de Panuelo?
This popular Spanish Pop Artist, is Known as the King of Latin Pop.
This name for the Spirit world, is portrayed in the movie as a swirling vortex of water.
What is Xibalba?
What are Las Pampas, and La Patagonia?
These three Meso American societies were considered advance for their time, having developed languages, religions, and celebratory customs.
Who are the Inca, the Maya, and the Aztecs?
These two forms of music were introduced to Indigenous Peoples in Latin America by Colonials.
This Columbian Artist is known as the Queen of Latin Music
High priests were speakers for the gods in indigenous cultures, they would tell of the coming of warrior gods to destroy their lands, and peaceful gods to replenish resources, the high priest in the film, goes by this name.
Who is Tzekel-khan?