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This annual U.S. celebration honoring Hispanic American heritage begins on September 15.
What is National Hispanic Heritage Month?
This Caribbean island is the largest island in the Caribbean.
What is Cuba?
This Mexican dish consists of a tortilla folded or rolled around a filling.
What is a taco?
This musical genre and dance originated in the Dominican Republic.
What is merengue?
Known as the “Queen of Salsa,” this Cuban-born singer became one of Latin music's most recognizable voices.
Who is Celia Cruz?
President Lyndon B. Johnson established the observance as a week in this year.
What is 1968?
This South American country is home to Buenos Aires.
What is Argentina?
This popular Mexican beverage is made from rice, cinnamon, and milk.
What is horchata?
This Cuban-born musical genre became a major international phenomenon and is associated with performers such as Celia Cruz.
What is salsa?
This Mexican-American singer was known as the “Queen of Tejano Music.”
Who is Selena Quintanilla-Pérez?
This president signed legislation expanding Hispanic Heritage Week into a month-long observance.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This country contains the famous Salar de Uyuni, one of the world's largest salt flats.
What is Bolivia?
These Colombian and Venezuelan cornmeal cakes can be grilled, baked, fried, or stuffed.
What are arepas?
This dance style originated along the Río de la Plata and is strongly associated with Argentina and Uruguay
What is tango?
This Colombian singer released the international hits “Hips Don't Lie” and “Whenever, Wherever.”
Who is Shakira?
Five Central American nations celebrate their independence on September 15. Name any three.
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
Which two countries share the island of Hispaniola?
Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
This Puerto Rican dish of rice and pigeon peas is often seasoned with sofrito.
What is arroz con gandules?
This Colombian musical genre combines African, Indigenous, and European influences and is closely associated with the Caribbean coast.
What is cumbia?
This Colombian author won the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature and is famous for One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Who is Gabriel García Márquez?
Passed by Congress in 1988, this law transformed Hispanic Heritage Week into the month-long observance celebrated today.
What is Public Law 100-402?
This South American country has coastlines on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
What is Colombia?
This dessert, whose name means “three milks,” is a sponge cake soaked in three types of milk.
What is tres leches cake?
This Brazilian musical and cultural tradition combines music, movement, and martial arts.
What is capoeira?
This Mexican painter is famous for self-portraits and is often associated with the visual symbolism of Mexican identity.
Who is Frida Kahlo?