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Regions/Countries of Latin America
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Greetings/Basic Expressions
Race/Ethnicity/Nationality
Lo Misceláneo
100
Name the four regions of Latin America?
North America, South America, Central America, and The Caribbean
100
Name the five Romance Languages?
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French and Romanian.
100
How do you say "Goodmorning?"
Buenos días
100
True or False: Hispanic and Latino are not a race.
True; they are ethnicities.
100
Christopher Columbus landed on what would be named the Island of Hispaniola in __________________? (insert: year)
1492
200
Mexico is found in which region of Latin America?
North America
200
What is a "proto language?"
The proto language is the ancestral language from which other languages derive or originate in a language family.
200
"Chao" is a fancy way of saying ____________ and is found in which two other major world languages?
bye (although it can also be a greeting); French and Italian
200
What is nationality?
A person's country of birth and/or country of citizenship.
200
The Island of Hispaniola would later divide into two countries; name them:
French-speaking Haiti; Spanish-speaking Dominican Republic to the east
300
In which region of Latin America do we find Uruguay and Peru?
South America
300
What is the proto language of the Romance Languages?
Latin
300
Name three ways total of saying farwell:
You can pick from the following: Hasta luego, hasta entonces, nos vemos, chao and adíos.
300
True or false: Can one's nationality change? If so, tell how:
True; he or she may renounce his or her citizenship, for example; or he or she may add a country to his or her nationality after having lived there for a certain amount of time and going through a process of naturalization of citizenship.
300
Properly pronounce the following Spanish word: anaranjado. (You have three attempts).
ah-nah-rahn-hah-doe
400
Latin America, more or less, entails the countries from_____________ all the way to the southern-most point of _________________. (Fill in the blanks with the names of two countries.)
Mexico; Argentina
400
Explain the difference between a dead language vs. an extinct language:
A dead language is one that still exists but is no longer in common, everyday use, whereas an extinct language no longer exists (i.e. cannot be used).
400
Name one way of saying "excuse me":
discúlpe/discúlpame/perdón/perdóname/con permiso
400
Describe the difference between race and ethnicity:
Race is biologically based, whereas ethnicity is culturally and regionally based.
400
What does the letter "y" mean in Spanish? How is it pronounced? What letter does the letter "v" sound similar to?
and; "ee"; b
500
Name 12 Spanish-speaking Latin American countries:
Choose from the following: Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, Ecuador, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
500
The Romance Languages Family belongs to which Language Tree?
The Indo-European Languages Tree
500
How do we say thanks? What is one way we can say essentially "you're welcome?"
gracias; de nada/no hay de que
500
What is the difference between Hispanic and Latino?
Simply put, "Latino" indicates someone from or possessing heritage regarding Latin-America, while "Hispanic" designates someone who is of Spanish-speaking heritage, but not from Spain.
500
Correctly name the nationalities pertaining to the following countries: Pakistan, The Czech Republic, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kazakhstan, and Israel. (You have three attempts, and I will tell you what you get correct.)
Pakistani, Czech, Congolese, Kazakh, and Israeli.