History
The first Hispanic or Latinx judge on the Supreme Court of the U.S.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
The holiday that celebrates Mexico's mixed Indigenous and European culture, increasingly geared towards Indigenous Resistance?
What is Día de la Raza?
This identifier refers to someone who is from, or descended from, a Spanish-speaking country
What is Hispanic?
The Marimba and the Palo de Mayo dance are traditional to this country's independence day celebration
What is Nicaragua?
The 2023 theme for Hispanic and Latinx heritage month that celebrates financial and political progress
What is is Latinos: Driving Prosperity, Power, and Progress in America?
The sitting president when Hispanic and Latinx Heritage week was originally introduced
Who was Lyndon B. Johnson?
People living in Tenochtitlan referred to themselves as
Who are Mexica?
This identifier refers to someone who is from, or descended from a country in Latin America
What is Latino/Latina/Latine/Latinx?
These countries celebrate independence day during Latinx and Heritage month, but not on September 15
Chile, Spain and Mexico
The 2023 theme for Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month that means We are all, We are one
The largest city in the pre-Columbian Americas was founded this year
When was 1325?
Indigenous people across Latin America are seeking rights to land stewardship, also known as
What are territorial and agrarian rights?
The city where people of a third gender (called Muxes) are respected and celebrated as an integral part of a culture
What is Juchitán?
Celebration of this holiday includes a two day Fiesta Patria with rodeos, communal meals, empanadas, and dancing the Cueca
What is Chilean Independence Day?
Hispanic and Latinx people make up this percentage of the U.S. population
What is 19%?
This is the year that Hispanic and Latinx heritage month was extended from a week to a month
When was 1988?
Archeological evidence shows that this culture originated in the Valley of Oaxaca at least 2,500 years ago.
Who are the Zapotec?
This afro-latinx people were expelled from the San Vincente in 1797, and now have community in these 4 countries
Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua
This holiday celebrates the contributions of Puerto Rican people in the U.S. Virgin Islands
What is Friendship Day?
Spanish is the official second language of this city in the southern U.S.
What is Miami?
The first Hispanic senator was sworn into U.S. Senate during this year
When is 1928?
The largest indigenous population in Venezuela
Who are the Wayuú?
Hispanic and Latinx Heritage month begins on September 15 in honor of these five countries' independence
What are Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Guatemala?
This country's independence is symbolized by a relay race which involves carrying a torch between these two countries
What are Guatemala and Costa Rica?
These two nationalities are tied for the fourth-largest population of people of Hispanic origin living in the US
What are Dominican and Cuban?