Dominican Republic Quiz Review

Capital of the Dominican Republic

• Santo Domingo

• Lima

• La Habana

• Santiago

The other part of the island of Hispaniola (aside from the Dominican Republic) is ____

• Cuba

• Haiti

• Belize

• Guatemala

The Dominican Republic is located on an island called...

• The Dominican Republic

• Cuba

• Hispaniola

• It's not on an island!

People from the Dominican Republic call themselves:

• Dominicans

• Dominican Republicans

• domincanues

• dominicanos / Dominicans

Pasteles en hoja are the Dominican dish similar to..

• tacos

• tamales

• pozole

• carne asada

Pasteles en hoja are served at (time of year)

• February / Carnival

• January / New Year

• Winter / Christmas

• June / Solstice Time

Dominican girls celebrate a ____ on their 15th Birthday

• fiesta

• quinceañera

• de

• fiesta de quinceañera

In the Dominican Republic, the word 'quinceañera' refers to ___

• every family member

• girl

• the celebration

• nothing

Typically, a fiesta de quinceañera in the Dominican Republic is more ___/____ than in other Latin American countries

• formal / boring

• traditional / informal

• formal / traditional

• traditional / boring

Carnival is celebrated in the Dominican Republic in which month?

• March

• December

• January

• February