Influential Latino/a People
Who is Frida Kahlo?
This country is the largest of all islands in the Caribbean.
What is Cuba?
This popular Mexican soup is said to be the best cure for a hangover.
What is Menudo?
This country gave independence to Mexico.
What is Spain?
On November 2nd, family, friends, and historical figures who have passed away are celebrated through the creation of customized altars and with prayer and remembrance.
What is El Dia de los Muertos? (Day of the Dead)
This Colombian singer/actress/activist performed the theme song at the 2010 World Cup (Soccer).
Who is Shakira?
This nation has had more Miss Universes and Miss Worlds than any other country.
What is Venezuela?
In Central American countries, tamales are wrapped in this leaf.
What is banana leaf?
This was the year Mexico gained independence from Spain.
What is 1810?
The most coveted event in the South American Calendar, this is undoubtedly the most famous party in the world. Typically held in February, the festivities are filled with energetic dancing, extravagant floats, elaborate costumes, and extraordinary food.
What is Carnaval? (The Rio Carnival - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
In 1962, with Dolores Huerta, this person started a group called the United Farm Workers of America, to improve work conditions for migrant farm workers.
Who is Cesar Chavez?
This country has the largest red-meat consumption country in the world. Also, the Latin dance and music called the Tango originated here.
What is Argentina?
This country is the 2nd largest producer of coffee in the world.
What is Colombia?
This long, narrow South American country celebrates their independence on September 18th.
What is Chile?
This festival in a town in Spain comprises of participants who throw tomatoes and get involved in a tomato fight purely for entertainment purposes. It takes place on the last Wednesday in August.
What is La Tomatina?
This Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist, won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1982 and is one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.
Who is Gabriel Garcia Marquez?
The planet’s largest deposit of salt can be found in this country. The Salar de Uyuni, or Uyuni salt beds , hold more than 64 million tons of salt.
Also, this country was the first to get rid of McDonalds.
It is one of the two landlocked South American countries.
What is Bolivia?
Papa a la Huancaina, Ceviche, and Cuy are dishes that you would find if you traveled to this South American Country.
What is Peru?
Fun Fact: Cuy (guinea pig) is a traditional meat used in Peruvian meals, and it is estimated that 65 million guinea pigs are consumed in the country each year.
This is the grito that is shouted in Mexico City at midnight on September 15th to celebrate independence.
What is "Viva!"?
This holiday is celebrated on March 31 to commemorate the birth and legacy of an important Mexican-American civil rights and labor movement activist.
What is Cesar Chavez day?
The 266th sovereign of the Vatican City State born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Who is Pope Francis?
Fun Fact: He is the first non-European Pope in more than 1,000 years.
Spanish is one of the three official languages in this country (along with Portugese and French), which borders the South Atlantic Ocean.
What is Equatorial Guinea?
These are the main ingredients in a Spanish tortilla.
What are eggs, potato, and olive oil?
The day that Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala celebrate independence day.
What is September 15th?
Because of their location on the earth, these countries celebrate Christmas during the summer or spring. (Name at least 3 Hispanic countries)
What is Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, and Ecuador?