Vocabulary
Hello in Spanish.
What is hola?
These three (3) regions make up Latin America.
What is Central America, the Caribbean, and South America?
The three major native groups in Latin America.
What is Inca, Aztec, and Maya.
Most people in Latin America speak this language.
What is Spanish?
This artist was the lead singer of the Miami Sound Machine.
Who is Gloria Estefan?
A system of writing using pictures and symbols.
What are hieroglyphics?
The second longest river in the world.
What is the Amazon River?
Bonus question: Name two countries that the river runs through: Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Columbia & Ecuador.
The Incas occupied this Latin American country from 1453 to 1533.
What is Peru?
Portuguese is the main language spoken in this South American country.
What is Brazil?
This baseball player became the first Latin American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973.
Who is Roberto Clemente?
If my mother is from Spain, and my father is a Native American, I am considered this.
What is a mestizo?
The Dominican Republic and Haiti make up this Caribbean Island.
What is Hispaniola?
The Native people of Latin America were conquered by people from which country?
What Spain or the Spanish?
A free public festival held in the islands of the Caribbean.
What is Carnival?
Her real name is Isabel Mebarak Ripoll and her Columbian "Hips Don't Lie."
Who is Shakira?
Fidel Castro was considered this kind of leader.
What is a dictator?
Quito is the capital of this Latin American country.
What is Ecuador?
The ruler of the Aztecs.
Who is Moctezuma?
This genre of Latin American music and dance originated in the Dominican Republic back in 1962.
What is Bachata?
He began is career at age 12 with the all-boy group Menudo.
Who is Ricky Martin?
The meaning of "te echo de menos."
What is I miss you?
La Cordillera Central is the name of the main mountain range on this Latin American island.
What is Puerto Rico?
This Dominican dedicator was nick-named "El Jefe."
Who is Rafael Trujillo?
This folkloric rhythm and dance from Colombia began as a courtship dance practiced among the natives from the island's coast.
What is Cumbia?
This artist painted many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico.
Who is Frida Kahlo?