This country's flag shows an eagle perched on a cactus, holding a snake in its beak.
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What is Mexico?
This holiday staple is made of masa (corn dough) filled with meat, cheese, or beans and steamed in a corn husk or banana leaf.
What are tamales?
This 1999 Ricky Martin hit helped launch the Latin pop boom, and its title means “living the crazy life.”
What is "Living La Vida Loca"?
Cinco de Mayo celebrates this 1862 victory of the Mexican army over French forces in the city of Puebla.
What is the Battle of Puebla?
Known for her use of bright colors and bold motifs, this Mexican painter often depicted her physical injuries in her work.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
This country's flag has three horizontal stripes of light blue, white, and light blue, with a golden sun with a face at the center.
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What is Argentina?
This fast, hip-swaying partner dance with marching-style steps comes from the Dominican Republic.
What is merengue?
This 2017 hit by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee has a title that means "slowly."
What is "Despacito"?
In 1993, Ellen Ochoa became the first Latina to travel here.
What is outer space?
This Puerto Rican New Yorker is the beloved songwriter, actor, filmmaker, producer and Broadway play star behind Hamilton, Encanto and In The Heights.
Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda?
This is the only Latin American country whose official language is Portuguese.
What is Brazil?
El Salvador's national dish is these thick, hand-pressed corn tortillas stuffed with cheese, beans, or pork.
What are pupusas?
This 2022 Bad Bunny hit from the album Un Verano Sin Ti has a title that means “Auntie asked me.”
What is “Tití Me Preguntó”?
This Puerto Rican baseball player became the first Latino to be inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973 after his death on a humanitarian mission to Nicaragua.
Who is Roberto Clemente?
In 2009, this Bronx-raised daughter of Puerto Rican parents became the first Latina on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
This mountain range, the longest continental range in the world, runs down the western edge of South America.
What are the Andes?
This dance emerged in the late 1800s in the port neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Montevideo, Uruguay.
What is the tango?
Shakira and Wyclef Jean teamed up on this 2006 hit, whose title says that part of your body can’t lie.
What is “Hips Don’t Lie”?
Founded by Spain in 1565, this Florida city is the oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement in the continental U.S.
What is St. Augustine?
This labor leader co-founded the United Farm Workers with César Chávez and is credited with popularizing "Sí, se puede."
Who is Dolores Huerta?
These two Latin American countries share the same flag with its colors inverted.
What are Puerto Rico and Cuba?
Developed by enslaved Africans in Brazil, this art form blends martial arts, acrobatics, dance, and music.
What is capoeira?
Bad Bunny sampled this 1975 song in his hit "Nueva Yol"
What is "Un Verano en Nueva York" by El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico?
This indigenous nation are the original inhabitants across the Caribbean islands of Quisqueya (present-day Dominican Republic), Borikén (Puerto Rico), Cuba, Ayiti (Haiti), and Xaymaca (Jamaica).
Who are the Taíno?
This Mexican filmmaker won the Best Director Oscar for both Gravity and Roma.
Who is Alfonso Cuarón?