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79 Cards in this Set
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How many Hispanics in the US? |
40 Million |
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What percent of the US Hispanic population is from Mexico? |
64% |
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What 6 states do most Mexican Americans live in? |
Texas, Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada (TACCNN) |
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Are Mexican Americans generally liberal or conservative? |
Conservative |
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What are 4 things that are culturally important to Mexican Americans? |
Language, music, food, family unit (Think of a birthday party) |
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Name a politically important Mexican American. |
Antonio Villarnigosa - Mayor of L.A. or Susana Martinez - Gov. of New Mexico |
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Name a famous Mexican American painter. |
Leo Tanguma painted La antorcha de Quetzalcoatl (mural) |
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Name a famous Mexican American writer. |
Sandra Cisneros - House on Mango Street |
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Name a Mexican American celebration. |
Cinco De Mayo. Mexican defeat of the French. |
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What percentage of the world speaks Spanish? |
More than 5% |
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What is the capital of Mexico? |
Mexico City |
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Name a famous Cuban actress. |
Eva Mendez, Cameron Diaz |
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Name a politician of Cuban descent |
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen - congress woman or Marco Rubio - senator of Fla and Amer. Prez candidate |
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Name a famous Cuban singer. |
Jon Secada |
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Name a famous Cuban businessman |
Jeff Bezos - founder of Amazon |
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What percent of US Hispanics are Cuban |
4% |
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Are Cuban Hispanics more or or less conservative than other Hispanics? |
Generally more conservative. |
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Why did most Cubans come to America? |
For political reasons. |
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What is the Cuban American general level of education within the Hispanic community? |
Highest. |
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What is the Cuban American general level of income within the Hispanic community?
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Highest. |
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Where are Cubans most common in the US? |
Little Havana in Miami, Fla |
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The capital of Cuba is what? |
Havana, (La Habana) |
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What is the 2nd largest group of Hispanics in the US? |
Puerto Ricans |
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Approx. how many Puerto Ricans are in the US? |
3 million |
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What 2 states has about 70% of the Puerto Rican population in the US? |
NY and NJ |
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What state has more Puerto Ricans than San Juan? |
NY |
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When and where is the Puerto Rican festival? |
2nd Sunday of June in NY |
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Wat is the Puerto Rican festival called? |
El desfile puertorrigueno de Nueva York |
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How many people attend the Puerto Rican festival? |
3 million |
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When did most Puerto Ricans come to the US? |
After WWII |
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What is WWII called by the Pueto Ricans? |
la sequnda Guerra Mundail |
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Name a famous judge of Puerto Rican descent. |
Sonia Sotomayor - Supreme Court judge |
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Name an American politician of Puerto Rican descent. |
Nydia Velazquez - congress or Jose Serrano - congress |
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Name a famous Puerto Rican singer. |
Ricky Martin (playboy image) or Chayanne (soft voice guy - pop songs) or Jennifer Lopez (Shall We Dance) |
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Name a famous Puerto Rican director and actor. |
Benicio del Toro (werewolf - dark eyebrows) |
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What is the Puerto Rican national sport? |
Baseball |
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What is the population of Mexico? |
100 million |
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How big is Mexico? |
3x the size of Texas |
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What is the population of Mexico City? |
24 million |
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What are 3 main cities in Mexico? |
Guadalajara, Guanajuato, y San Miguel Allende |
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What are 3 beaches in Mexico? |
Cancun, Acupulco, Puerdo Vallarta |
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What Mexican condiment sales are higher than ketchup's in the US? |
Salsa |
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What Mexican based architecture is notable? |
Meso-American - noted for pyramids |
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What is the national palace called? |
el Palacio Nacional. (example of colonial Spanish architecture) |
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Where is the seat of government? |
el Zocalo |
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What is the 2nd largest city in Mexico? |
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Where did mariachi and tequila originate? |
Guadalajara |
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What is the most populated city in the Americas? |
The City of Mexico |
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Famous Mexican painter |
Diego Rivera or FRIDA KAHLO |
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Mexican Nobel Prize winner |
Octavio Paz - literature "El Laberinto de la Soledad" |
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2nd oldest University in North America: |
La UNAM |
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Private Mexican University
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la Universidad Autonoma de Guandalajara (la UAG) |
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What empire was Guatemala a part of ? |
Myan |
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What percent of the Guatemalan population speaks Spanish? |
60% |
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Describe the landscape in Guatemala. |
Volcanoes, mountains, pretty landscapes |
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How does Guatemala describe itself? |
el pais de la eterna primavera |
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What are some of Guatemala's main products? |
coffee, bananas, cotton, wood |
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What is Guatemala 's unit of money? |
Quetzal |
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What elements make op the Guatemalan culture? |
Myan and European |
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Guatemalan Nobel Prize winners |
Miguel Angel Asturias 1966 and Rigoberta Menchu - writer - 1992 |
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Guatemalan author |
Rafael Arevalo and Augusto Monterroso |
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Capital of Guatemala |
Guatemala City |
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What is the smallest country in Central America? |
El Salvador |
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What is the most densely populated country in Central America? |
El Salvador |
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How many people live in El Salvador? |
6 million |
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How big is El Salvador? |
about the size of Masachussetts |
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What geological formation does El Salvador have a lot of? |
Volcanoes |
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What is Tikal |
Myan ruins |
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What is Antiqua? |
Old capital of El Salvador. Big tourism draw. |
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What is the Myan Genesis? |
El Popol Vuh |
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What is the Myan Bible called? |
Los Libros de Chilan Balam |
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What is El Salvador called (nick name/descriptor) |
Land of the volcanoes |
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How much coast doe El Salvador have? |
300 KM |
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What is the capital of El Salvador |
San Salvador |
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What is the most industrialized city in Central America? |
San Salvador |
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What are some of the main products of San Salvador? |
wood metal clothes textiles coffee bananas
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What is the most common sport in San Salvador> |
Surfing |
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What is El Volcan de Izalco? |
newest volcano in El Salvador that erupted in 1966 |
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What is La Joya de Ceren |
Mayan Pompeii |
