The Basics
Potpourri
A little history
Culture
Our class and trip
100
Besides the Dominican Republic, these are the two primary Caribbean islands where Spanish is predominantly spoken.
What are Puerto Rico and Cuba?
100
New York City is home to about this percent of all Dominican Americans. a) 10% b) 20% c) 30% d) 40%
What is 40%?
100
This was the name of the dictator that ruled over the Dominican Republic from 1930 until his assassination in 1961.
Who is Rafael Trujillo?
100
"La bandera" (the flag) is one of the national dishes consisting of a plate of rice, a meat (generally chicken) and this.
What are (red) beans?
100
We fly out on this date.
What is March 3rd?
200
The Dominican Republic (in the lighthouse in Santo Domingo) and Spain (in the cathedral in Seville) both claim to have this man's remains.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
200
The Dominican Republic is on the Eastern side of Hispaniola. (True or False)
What is true?
200
This city in the Dominican Republic, "built" by Christopher Columbus' brother, Bartholomew, became the first permanent European settlement in the Americas.
What is Santo Domingo? (Also the location of the first university, first cathedral, and the first castle)
200
Besides the US, the Dominican Republic has the highest number of players in this American sports league.
What is Major League Baseball?
200
This is the Pulitzer Prize winning Dominican American author from whom you read an excerpt.
Who is Junot Diaz?
300
After Santo Domingo, this is the largest city in the Dominican Republic.
What is Santiago (de los Caballeros)?
300
This is the currency of the DR.
What is the Dominican Peso?
300
The Dominican War of Independence gave the DR independence from this country in 1844.
What is Haiti? (following 22 years of the island's unification under the Haitian government)
300
Bachata is a form of this.
What is music?
300
We are doing our service learning placement at an orphanage. (True/False)
What is false?
400
True or False. Second only to Jamaica, the Dominican Republic is the second most visited Caribbean Island.
What is False (more than 4 million visitors/year)? #2 is PR, #3 is Cuba, and #4 is Jamaica.
400
These were the people who were living on what is now called Hispaniola when the Spaniards arrived in 1492. They were almost completely wiped out over several decades in a genocide throughout several northern Caribbean islands.
What are the Taino (Arawakan) people?
400
Mangu and tostones are both made from this.
What are plantains?
400
We are staying with host families in the Dominican Republic (True/False).
What is false?
500
The DR has the largest economy in the Caribbean. While tourism generates the most revenue, agriculture has been the largest employer and arguably the country's most important economy. This product is its "most important" crop.
What is sugarcane?
500
Dominican Americans make up the fifth largest Latino/Hispanic group in the US. Name three of the top four.
What are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Salvadorean?
500
The Parsley Massacre (or "el corte") was a massacre of people from this descent living in the Dominican Republic. It was ordered by Trujillo and the death toll is estimated to be between 17,000 and 35,000.
What is Haitian?
500
If you see a guagua go by, this is what you have just seen.
What is a bus?
500
You need a visa to go to the Dominican Republic. (True/False)
What is false?
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