WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE
CELEBRATIONS
PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY
SAY WHAT?
VACATION DESTINATIONS
100
This is a part of an ocean or sea extending into the land.
What is a gulf?
100
This holiday is a gathering of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died.
What is the Day of the Dead?
100
This group of people in Mexico were the ruling class who were born in Spain.
Who are the penisulares?
100
This word means hello in Spanish.
What is Hola (oh-lah)?
100
If you want fun in the sun, then visit this famous vacation spot beach in Mexico.
What is Cancun?
200
The name of the two oceans surround Latin America.
What are the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean?
200
This Brazilian holiday celebrates the nativity of Jesus.
What is Christmas Day?
200
This group of people live in the Caribbean and have African and European ancestry.
Who are the mulattos?
200
If you were leaving home, you might say this Spanish word for good bye.
What is Chao (chow)?
200
These islands are famous for long sandy beaches, clear blue water, and towering volcanic mountains.
What are the Caribbean Islands?
300
These smaller rivers or streams flow into a larger body of water.
What are tributaries?
300
This Brazilian holiday includes hugh parades and street samba dances. The name of this holiday may make you think about rides and cotten candy.
What is a Carnival?
300
This group of people make up about two-thirds of Central America's population today and have mixed European and Native American ancestry.
Who are the ladinos?
300
You might say this if you want to know how someone was doing.
What is Que onda (kay ohn-dah)?
300
This largest Caribbean Island is ruled by the dictatorship of Fidel Castro. If you go here for vacation you might not come back!
What is Cuba?
400
This ocean surrounds the Carribean Islands.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
400
At least once a year each village or town celebrates this type of holiday with parades, games, and feasts. This holiday is very festive.
What is a Fiesta?
400
One of the Native American peoples who live in Peru.
Who are the Quechua, the Aymara, or the Mestizos?
400
When you go to bed, you will say this.
What is Buenas naches (bway-nahs no-ches)
400
This famous city is the most visited city in the southern hemisphere and is know for its natural settings, carnival celebrations and beaches.
What is Rio de Janeiro?
500
This might body of water begins in the Peruvian Andes as a trickle of water then flows for nearly 4,000 miles to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Amazon river?
500
This Mexican holiday is when Mexicans reenact the call to rise up against Spanish rule.
What is Mexico's Independence Day?
500
This group of people were composed of many tribes of wandering warriors. Their empire centered on warfare They grew many of their crops on floating gardens called chinampas.
Who were the Aztec?
500
If you were absolutely certain, you may say this word in Spanish.
What is Si, po (see paw)?
500
This island is a special territory of Chile it is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapanui people.
What is Easter Island?