Music
One of the most influential Mexican American artist to cross into both realms. The artist is known to be the Tejano Madonna for her influence both in style and in music.
Selena
A traditional Salvadorian dish made of corn flatbread that is filled with cheese, meat and beans. it is similar to Colombian Arepas, or Mexican Gorditas
Pupusa
In what year did Cuba re-establish a diplomatic relation with the United States?
2015
Seven Latin American countries use this currency currently.
Peso
This Activist was a co founder of the United Farm Workers Union and is known for his aggressive but non violent tactics to get worker's rights.
Cesar Chavez
This Latin Trap Artist is currently rocking the charts but he was rocking the books. He graduated from the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo and has a audiovisual communication degree.
Bad Bunny
This drink was originally created in West Africa in countries such as Nigeria and Mali. By 1000 AD, the drink had spread to Hispania and became popularized and was shown to the indigenous people of Latin America. The main composition of the drink is rice.
Horchata/Orxata
This war is considered to be Latin America's most deadliest and bloodiest interstate war that included Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. It occurred in 1864 to 1870. What is this war called?
The War of the Triple Alliance/ Paraguayan War
This country uses the word Ticos (male) and Ticas (female) to describe themselves.
Costa Rica
Often considered to be the Father of the Chicano Movement and is notorious for his poem "I Am Joaquin" where he shares his new cosmological vision of the Chicano.
Rodolfo Corky Gonzales
This genre of music arose in the Rio de la Plata, it was frequently practiced in brothels and bars and was considered taboo in the 1880's.
Tango
This dish originated in Peru and is a national dish. various vegetables complement the dish's main ingredient which is fish that is cured with lime or lemon juice.
Ceviche
The Women's Suffrage Movement of Ecuador granted them the right to vote in what year?
1929
The languages spoken in all of Latin America, regardless if it is French, Spanish, Portuguese all belongs to what language system.
Latin
Touted as the Patron Saint of Latino Baseball. he was the first Afro-Latino to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Roberto Clemente
This Afro Latina has won numerous awards, was a huge advocate for education and revolutionized salsa music. She is often deemed as the Goddess of Tropical Music with her #1 hit being " La Vida Es Un Carnaval"
Celia Cruz
This plant was considered to be a sacred plant to the Incas, Mayans and Aztecs. it often played a central part in their mythology. To this day, it is still a staple item in Latin America.
Maize/Corn
Before Latin America was ever called Latina America, South America or Central America, it was called this due to the dual colonization by Portugal and Spain.
Iberian America/Ibero-America
This South America country is the home to a huge diversity of wildlife. They have over 25,00 species of orchuds and 1,400 bird species for example.
Venezuela
This person is known for throwing one of the first bottles that ignited the Stonewall riots. She advocated for trans people and People of Color during the gay liberation movement.
Sylvia Rivera
Luis Carlos Meyer Castandet emigrated to Mexico in the 1940's and reinvented this genre that was born out of Colombia and Panama. It is heavily popularized and is one of the prominent genres. This genre includes the notable tamborito and flauta de millo.
Cumbia
Under horrid conditions this dish was born. Spaniard conquistadors would give slaves cow intestines to eat. To make it more appetizing, Slave's developed ways to clean and cook the intestines to make it pleasurable.
Menudo
The 1960s was an era of racial tension and unjust treatment of minority groups. This civil rights group arose in California to combat that as well as progress the Chicano. They were also the first to began to break down Machismo with implementing women in lead roles during their movement. Who were they?
The Brown Berets
Haiti and the Dominican Republic are boarder countries that share one island. as a collective, what is the name of the Island.
Island of Hispaniola/Hispaniola
This American Civil Rights activist of Mexican-Puerto Rican Heritage played an instrumental role in the landmark case of Mendez V. Westminister that helped desegregate schools in California and helped pave the way for Brown V Board.
Sylvia Mendez