Famous People
This performer was the first Cuban-born entertainer to star in a major network television show, I Love Lucy.
Who is Desi Arnaz?
This celebration commemorates the Mexican army's victory in 1862 over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War.
What is Cinco de Mayo?
People born in Puerto Rico are citizens of this country.
What is the United States?
This reptile is in the beak of the eagle that sits in the middle of the Mexican flag.
What is a snake?
This is the most popular sport in Mexico.
What is Futbol?
This musician was the first Latino inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
Who is Carlos Santana?
This traditional six pointed paper mache star is swung at almost every Mexican celebration and is filled with candy and small toys.
What is a pinata?
More than 90% of the Spanish-speaking world is this religion.
What is Roman Catholic?
The color green in the Mexican flag represents this.
What is independence from Spain?
This Spanish named nocturnal animal moves slowly because of his armor.
What is an armadillo?
The first Latina Associate Judge chosen to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2009 by President Barack Obama.
Who is Justice Sonia Sotomayor?
Mexico's Independence Day is celebrated on this day by both Mexicans and Mexican Americans.
What is September 16th?
This is a gender neutral word used for people of Latin American descent/
What is Latinx?
This musician had an award winning release in 1992 named "Bachata Rosa" where the rest of the country accepted Bachata and a typical genre of the Dominican Republic.
Who is Juan Luis Guerra?
This is the state in the U.S. with the largest Hispanic population.
What is New Mexico?
This labor organizer was a prominent union leader, labor organizer, and co-founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962.
Who is Cesar Chavez?
This is the month that the Mexican holiday "Day of the Dead" is celebrated.
What is November?
By 2060 this population group is projected to 128.8 million in the U.S.
What is Hispanic?
The name for a popular Spanish version of a soap opera.
What is a Telenovela?
These are the two Hispanic cities settled before Plymouth, Massachusetts.
What are St. Augustine, Florida and Santa Fe, New Mexico?
This President started the process for celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in 1968.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This music is typically heard in bars and accompanied by liquor, rum. It is a type of â—¦Bolero is a romantic genre that usually sings about deception and lost love.
What is Bachata?
These are the three states in the U.S. with the most Hispanic owned businesses.
What are Texas, California, and Florida?
This animal represents "good luck" to Mexico?
What is a pig?
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated during this date each year.
What is September 15th to October 15th?