Influential Latinos
Who is: George Lopez?
This South American country is almost 3000 miles in length but only 109 miles wide.
What Is: Chile?
People from this country would be considered "Hispanic," but not "Latino."
In most Spanish-speaking countries, pointing with the index finger is considered rude. What body part is used instead?
The lips
This tender, shredded beef dish in Cuba is literally translated to "old clothes" in English.
What is: Ropa Vieja?
She was the first Latina to be inducted into the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is: Sonia Sotomayor?
This is the name of the world's largest river and world's largest rainforest and is located in South America.
The Amazon
People from this country would be considered "Latino," but not "Hispanic."
What is: Brazil?
The most common greeting among Spanish-speaking countries.
What is: A kiss on the cheek?
'Tapas,' commonly served in Spain, have become extremely popular in the U.S.--what are tapas?
Appetizers
Who is: Julia Álvarez?
This city is the capital of Argentina.
Buenos Aires
'Boricuas' is the name given to people from this Caribbean country.
Puerto Rico
When a Hispanic taps their palm to their elbow, it means a person is A) pretty B) stingy C) stuck-up
B) Stingy!
The soup "encebollada" has two main ingredients: fish, and this rather potent vegetable.
Onion (cebolla)
This Puerto Rican actress began acting over 70 years ago. She currently stars as the abuela in "One Day At a Time."
Who is: Rita Moreno?
This Central American country is so peace-loving that they actually have no armed forces.
What Is: Costa Rica?
'Ticos' is the name given to people from this Central American country.
Costa Rica
The Spanish dicho (saying) "Es pan comida" is an equivalent to this cliché in English describing the difficulty level of a task.
Easy as pie.
For Día de los muertos, Ecuadorians make "guaguas de pan," which are little bread loaves shaped like ___.
This Mexican actor & scriptwriter stars in Instructions Not Included, How to Be a Latin Lover, and most recently, Overboard.
Eugenio Dérbez
This city is the capital of Ecuador.
Quito
Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens but without the privilege to do what?
Vote
Watch out! / Heads up! / Look out!
While typical tamales are wrapped in corn husks, certain countries & regions wrap them in the leaves of this fruit instead.
Banana