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Culture Cards #17
Stack #122504
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In what sea is Cuba located? | Caribbean |
| What does the white stand for in the Mexican flag? | religion |
| What nationality is Ferdinanad Magellan? | Portuguese |
| What artist is famous for his paintings of Toledo? | El Greco |
| During what century was the Mexican-American war? | 19th century |
| What are nopales? | an edible cactus used in salads and as a hot vegetable. |
| What region in Spain is known as the land of flowers? | Valencia |
| What miniture dog originated in Mexico? | Chihuahua |
| Which Mexican female painter was the wife of Diego Rivera? | Frida Kahlo |
| What is a charreada? | rodeo |
| What animal did the Spaniards introduce to the Americans? | horses |
| Where is jamo`n serrano from? | Spain |
| What mountain range stretches along the west coast of South America? | the Andes |
| What do you call a soap opera in Spanish? | la telenovela |
| When and where was the baseball player Sammy Sosa born? | Dominican Republic, 1968 |
| What is a fandango? | a type of Spanish dance |
| What was the name of the white-skinned Aztec god? | Quetzalcoatl |
| What are the two main staples of the Mexican diet? | corn and beans |
| Which countries border Nicaragua? | Honduras and Costa Rica |
| What is sung on a person's birthday in Mexico? | las man~anitas |
| Who was the Aztec emperor when Cortes conquered Mexico? | Montezuma II |
| What city in Central America was leveled by an earthquake in 1773? | Guatemala CIty |
| When would a person eat a marienda? | afternoon |
| What lures most sportsmen to Costa Rica? | fishing |