Famous Hispanic People
Name one or both of the two labor leaders well known for his role in starting the National Farm Workers Association.
Dolores Huerta and/or Cesar Chavez
This American expansionist war would see the loss of many rights for the people who lived here, after the American victory.
Mexican-American War
Name the longest river and rainforest system, which is located in Latin America.
Amazon River
Most US hispanics claim nation origin group from this country.
Mexico
This American President proclaimed Hispanic Heritage Week to be a Month in 1989.
George HW Bush
Known by his pseudonym, this Miami rapper/pop artist has made sure to keep his Latin roots in much of the music he has written. He features on the 2014 World Cup Song (We are One) with Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte
This program sought to introduce new agricultural laborers of Mexican nationality into the United States.
Bracero Program
This mountain range is know for being the longest in the world. Located along the pacific side of South America, it creates the extremely dry Atacama desert
Andes Mountains
This state has the highest number of hispanic people as residents.
California
This 1,596 mile long trail connected Santa Fe to Mexico City. Known as one of the 4 Spanish royal roads, this route would have plenty of forts along it.
El Camino Real
Known as the "Queen of Tejano Music", this singer-songwriter is known as one of the most influential Latin artists of all time. In 2020, Christian Serratos starred as this artist in a Netflix biographical series.
Selena Quintanilla
This was a popular name for people moving west to hunt for gold. It gave its name to a professional football team located in San Francisco
49ers
This famous food, found its origin 9,000 years ago in current day Mexico before being traded all over North America. Name this food which along with beans and squash is a member of the 3 sisters crops.
Corn/Maize
This metropolitan area has the highest hispanic population
Los Angeles
Ponce de Leon would wander into central Florida searching for this well-known mystical object. While he might have not originally went looking for it, this legend might have been a tale told by the Native Caribbean of a land called Bimini and its restorative object.
Fountain of Youth
Born in Santiago, Chile, this actor fled as a child to America for asylum. He is known for his breakout as a character in the fourth season of Game of Thrones. Before his recent slew of top roles.
Pedro Pascal
This slippery Mexican president would enter and leave the Mexican presidency multiple times throughout the period, 1832-1853. He is most known for his poor relations with the US, losing multiple wars, and his help inventing the first modern chewing gum
On the shores of Lake Texcoco, this city was the largest in the Americas until its capture by the Spaniards. While it is destroyed today, its ruins can still be seen near Mexico City.
Tenochtitlan
This state has the highest percentage of hispanics per total population. One might order a dish Christmas in this state.
New Mexico
This 1680 revolt would force Spanish colonists out of the entirety of New Mexico temporarily. Waged against the cruel practices and forced religion of the Spaniards, this revolt would have a lasting impact on Spanish colonization.
Pueblo Revolt
This Southern Unionist sailor is known for his capture of New Orleans and Mobile Bay. He ended the Civil War as the top ranking Union Naval Officer. He almost his entire life, serving from age 9 in the early American Navy.
David Farragut
This treaty ended the Mexican American War and gave the US a bunch of new territory in the American Southwest,.
This South American Country has the world's largest salt flats. Located in the Andes, near the Chilean border, these salt flats have many species of flamingos that thrive in it
Bolivia
Name the percentage of the US that is hispanic (rounded to a 5)
20%
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado