History of Hispanic Heritage Month
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Hispanic Heritage Month begins on this day.

What is September 15?

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He was a famous Spanish artist. Many of his paintings are worth millions. 

Pablo Picasso
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#6 is which country?


Ecuador

100

This dish is literally a tortilla with your choice of meat

Taco

100

This country is famous for its hats, a dish called sancocho, and the Canal.

Panama

200

This Mexican holiday celebrates the victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.

Cinco De Mayo

200

Shakira & Angela Restrepo Moreno are from this country

Colombia

200

An Island that is a territory of the USA

Puerto Rico 

200

This popular dessert is made using several kinds of milk

Tres Leches cake

200

This fruit, native to Mexico and Central America, was once called “alligator pear” in English.

Avocado

300

This president first proclaimed Hispanic Heritage Week in 1968

Lyndon B. Johnson

300

She was the first Latina on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Sonia Sotomayor


300

#11 is which country


Venezuela

300

This Salvadoran dish is typically filled with cheese, beans, or pork (sometimes all at once!)

Pupusas

300

This country hosted and won the first World Cup in 1930. An infamous plane crash happened close to here

Uruguay

400

Hispanic Americans make up this percentage of the U.S. population today (as of 2020 census).

19~20%

400

This singer, known as the “Queen of Tejano Music,” remains a cultural icon after her tragic death in 1995.

Selena Quintanilla

400

This country has Easter Island as its territory. It is one of the longest countries is the world. 

Chile

400

This is the most popular vegetable native to Latin America

Corn

400

The only Spanish speaking country in Africa

What is Equitorial Guinea?

500

This president expanded the celebration to a full month in 1988.

Ronald Reagan

500

He was the first Hispanic astronaut to go to space in 1985.

Rodolfo Neri Vela

500

This Central American country is known for its Mayan ruins, including Tikal.

Guatemala

500

These are treat sandwiches with dulce de leche between two cookies, sometimes dipped in chocolate (particularly popular in Argentina!)

Alfajores

500

Hispanic Heritage Month starts on September 15 to honor independence anniversaries. Name two of the five countries that celebrate independence that day.

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, or Nicaragua