Influential Latinx People
Who was the first Latino inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?
Who is Roberto Clemente
Baseball and dominos are this countries national sports.
What is Cuba
This popular Mexican soup is said to be the best cure for a hangover
What is Menudo
Many Americans assume its Independence Day is May 5th, when in reality its Independence Day is September 16
What is Mexico
This judge (of Puerto Rican decent) is the first Latin American justice on the United States Supreme Court.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor
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 this Central American Country, salads aren't just greens and vegetables, but also fruit juice with pieces of chopped up fruit.
What is El Salvador
Many people don't include this country to be Latino (anyone within a country in Latin America)
What is Brazil
This person was youngest female senator in US History.
Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
This Cuban national hero was a poet, essayist, professor, translator, and revolutionary philosopher in the late 1800s.
Who is José Martí
This country is one of the richest Mayan history locations with over 900 historic locations.
What is Belize
Carimañola, Sancocho, and Hojaldras are popular dishes in this country.
What is Panama
The definition of any person from a Spanish speaking country
What is Hispanic
This woman is the first openly queer Latina running as the District Attorney for Queens, NY.
Who is Tiffany Cabán
First Hispanic person to enter the space program, becoming an astronaut in 1981. He is a veteran of six space missions and has spent nearly 1,300 hours in space.
Who is Franklin R. Chang-Díaz
The planet’s largest deposit of salt can be found in this country. The Salar de Uyuni or salt flats or Uyuni salt beds hold more than 64 million tons of salt.
What is Bolivia
Papa a la Huancaina, Ceviche, and Cuy are dished that you would find if you traveled to this South American Country.
What is Peru
All Hispanic/Latinx are brown
False. There are many different identities within the Hispanic/Latinx communities. Afro-Latinx and white passing are just two examples of the various identities within the communities.
This young politician from San Antonio was a keynote speaker at this years Democratic National Convention.
What is Julian Castro
In 1962, with Dolores Huerta, he started a group called the United Farm Workers of America, to improve work conditions for migrant farm workers.
Who is César Chavez
This South American nations women go through the maximum number of plastic surgeries in the world, per person, and is perhaps the world's most looks-conscious country in the world, and more than 30% of its women undergo some form of eating disorder.
What is Argentina
This dish is referred to as the 'burrito' of Honduras.
What are baleadas
Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15th because five Latin American countries celebrate their independence on that day. Name three of the five countries.
What are Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador
The youngest female U.S. representative gave the weekly Republican address this March – a statement to her growing prominence. This 32-year-old intern-turned-lawmaker from Washington State has grabbed headlines with her efforts to cut congressional salaries by 10 percent.
Who is Jamie Herrera Beutler