Influencia indígena
aguacate
avocado
Este estado significa "mountain" en español
Montana
Much of the southwestern part of the United States, including all of California, extending down to South America, was colonized by...
New Spain
What does 'misterioso' mean?
mysterious
In the 1960's the U.S. ________ didn't include a category for hispanic/latinx communities in the United States
Census
Does the word "Cancha" mean "court" or "catch"
court
Esta ciudad significa "Holy Faith" por la comunidad indígena Pueblo
Santa Fe
True or False: The term "Hispanic" refers to Spanish language, not geography
TRUE
ingeniero means...
engineer
¿Qué significa el término "La raza" en inglés?
"the people or the race"
The Nahautl word for chocolate comes from which indigenous group that lived in now what is modern day Mexico?
Aztecs
This largest of the contiguous 48 states is named for a Spanish word that was in turn based on a word from the indigenous Caddo culture, meaning “friend” or “ally.”
Texas
Is abundante a describing word, or an action word?
Describing
The Latin community has been especially affected by what in 2020-present?
Peru
Este estado en el sur tiene su nombre por sus flores y supuestamente (supposedly) tenía un “Fountain of Youth”
Florida
What does it mean when an adjective that describe a person ends in X or an E in Spanish language (instead of an O or an A)
Gender neutral; non-binary
Asistir means...
To attend
(false cognate)
ahuacatl (indigenous), aguacate (Spanish), avocado(English) all mean the same thing. Explain why think the word is so similar in all 3 languages
Avocados come from Mexico, so the world was only introduced to them when the Spanish conquered the Americas, so we have adapted the word from the indigenous word
This far western state is named after a mythical land from a story popular in medieval Spain.
California
Name a country that is both Hispanic and Latino
various answers
What is one more example of a false cognate?