Food
The word for the main meal of the day in Mexico and Spain.
What is comida?
This dramatic and passionate dance originated in Argentina.
What is tango?
This country has a canal running through it.
What is Panama?
When a girl turns 15. This involves a court of her friends known as damas and chambelanes.
What is (a) quinceñera?
The four regions of Latin America.
What is Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and South America?
A sauce made from mashed avocado, tomatoes, lime juice, cilantro, and onions.
What is guacamole?
The most popular genre of dance in Latin America.
What is salsa?
The movement of animals, plants, people, and diseases between the Old World and the New World.
What was Columbian Exchange?
A festival in celebration and honor of the souls of the dead. It is primarily celebrated in Mexico.
What is Dia de los Muertos (or) Day of the Dead?
The Yucatan Peninsula is found in this country.
What is Mexico?
Tortillas wrapped around a meat or bean filling.
What is a burrito?
The cumbia's country of origin.
What is Colombia?
A grassy plain that stretches from Argentina to Uruguay.
What are pampas?
Where Carnaval is celebrated. A large parade with floats, dancing, and fun.
What is Brazil?
Cuba is the only country in the Western Hemisphere based on this this kind of government system.
What is communism?
A Spanish rice dish cooked with meat, pork, chicken, vegetables or shellfish.
What is paella?
This six-stringed instrument is traditionally used in Mariachi groups in Mexico.
What is the guittaron?
He named the Pacific Ocean. His crew was the first to sail all the way around the world but he died halfway there.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This festival can get dangerous if someone is accidentally gored by a bull's sharp horns. Where is it located?
What is Fiesta de San Fermin?
Where is Spain?
This empire created the number system using zero.
Who are the Mayans?
A corn pancake similar to a tortilla that is a traditional Venezuelan bread.
What is an arepa?
This is an art of Andalusian origin known for its great emotional intensity and energetic tapping, intense laments and guitar strumming.
What is flamenco?
The most common religion in Latin America.
What is Roman Catholicism?
This festival celebrates wise men, who found the divine child by following a star across the desert for twelve days to Bethlehem.
What is Three Kings Day?
This is a major desert in South America.
What is the Atacama?