Newsela Quiz: U.S. Postal Service Honors Hispanic Heritage

On September 8, 2023, the U.S. Postal Service honors Hispanic Heritage Month through featuring what object on stamps?

• pinatas

• sombrerors

• maracas

• The article does not say.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Which word is a synonym of indigenous?

• immigrant

• native

• foreign

• exotic

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Pinatas were created to celebrate what early December event?

• Christmas

• Hannukah

• Las Posadas

• birthday parties

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What two previous Hispanic cultural items were featured on stamps? (HINT: THERE ARE TWO ANSWERS!)

• Christmas

• Day of the Dead

• Easter

• mariachi music

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

All of the following mean the same as synonymous EXCEPT:

• similiar

• opposite

• same

• alike

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Pinatas were used by Spanish missionaries to convert indigenous people to what religion?

• Catholicism

• Judaisim

• Hinduism

• Christianity

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Today, pinatas are synonymous with ___

• parties

• the Bible

• church

• happiness

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

How many years has the Postal Service been honoring Hispanic Heritage Month?

• 10

• 5

• 1

• 3