Autentico 1 Textbook Scavenger Hunt

Look on page xxvi (first few pages). Which South American country is landlocked and does NOT border the ocean?

• Panamá

• Perú

• Paraguay

• Puerto Rico

Look on page 10. According to the textbook, what's the word for PEN?

• la pluma

• el bolígrafo

• el cuaderno

• el libro

Find the English-Spanish dictionary in the BACK of the textbook. What's the word for lettuce?

• la lechuga

• la luz

• la ensalada

• el libro

Look on page 492 at the Spanish-English dictionary. What does 'el pie' mean?

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Look at the chapter vocab list on page 22. What does 'la semana' mean?

(a)  

Look on page 7 at the list of numbers. Write out the number 13 in Spanish.

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Check out page 13. Read the cultural information at the bottom of the page. What's the topic of the passage?

• hieroglyphics used in the Spanish world today

• hieroglyphics used by the Aztecs

• hieroglyphics are still a mystery

• hieroglyphics used by the Mayan people

Look at the cultural information on page 16. What is "los sanfermines?"

• All Saints Day

• The tomato festival in Spain

• A big bonfire to scare away the bad spirits

• The Running of the bulls

Page 474 has a section with grammar explanations. Read the info about GENDER and decide if the statement is true or false.

In Spanish, all nouns have a gender, and are either masculine or feminine.

• True/cierto

• False/falso

Look at the map of Central America on page xx (in the beginning). Which Central American country does not speak Spanish? HINT: It's EAST of Guatemala and pretty small.

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