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Hispanic population in U.S
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12.5 million
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Who is Tito Puente?
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famous musician
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Who is Óscar de la Renta?
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famous fashion designer
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who is Cristina García?
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famous writer
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Who is Sandra Cisneros?
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famous writer; the house on mango street
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What are some cities/states with large hispanic populations?
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Los Angeles, CA. San Antonio, TX. El Paso, TX. Colorado. Florida. San José, San Diego, Nevada, Las Vegas, Santa Fe, Pasadena, San Francisco, Palo Alto
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Who is Oscar de la Hoya and what did he do?
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American Boxer, won a gold medal in 1992 in Barcelona, Build the Resurection Gym for young people.
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Where did the hispanic population in Los Ángeles come from?
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Mexico, biggest mexican population outside of Mexico City (also called Mexico D.F.)
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Where did the hispanic population of Chicago come from? (2 places)
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Mexico, Puertorriqueño
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Where did the hispanic population of New York come from?
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Puertorriqueño
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Who is a large part of San Antonio's population?
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hispanic
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What is an important historical monument in Texas?
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What is La Prensa?
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A newspaper
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Miami is close to which hispanic country?
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Cuba is 50 miles away,
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Who is Dr. Ellen Ochoa?
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A famous astronaut who dose experiments about the effects of the sun on the earths climate
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When did the countries (los países) of the New World seperate from spain?
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1800, guatamala, costa rica, and cuba
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What were the two (antiguas) languages of the New World?
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el maya, el náhuatl
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how many people lost their homes bc. of Hurricane Mitch?
Cuantas personas perdieron sus horares a causa del huracán Mitch? |
more than a million, worst disaster in 200 years, Oct. 1998
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How long did it take to rebuild Honduras infrastructure?
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+20 years
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What is the smallest country in Central
America? What is the capital? What are the names of its volcano(s)? |
el salvador
capital: san salvador volcano: 1 volcano, 2 peaks, piacuho, and boquerón |
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Why do many people go to Baja, CA?
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the animals, migration of sea animals from the pacific north
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Where is the garden of butterflies in Costa Rica?
What is costa rica knowen for? |
San José, capital of costa rica
The Nature |
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Are most of the residents of el Caribe aztec?
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no, slaves ect....
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Who are los taínos?
What was a result of conflict in el Caribe? |
a tribe of indians
the disturction of the taínos culture |
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Why were slaves brought to el Caribe?
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To work the earth and produce sugar (el azúcar)
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