Latin America Vocabulary

All the things handed down of culture from generation to generation

• foods

• traditions

• folktales

• dances

includes the Merengue, Rumba, Salsa, and Tango

• dances

• songs

• poems

• types of clothing

painted murals to record the history of Mexico, including the lack of rights granted to workers

• Hernan Cortes

• Frida Kahlo

• Diego Rivera

• Francisco Coronado

created paintings that reflected Mexican culture and European surrealism 

• Frida Kahlo

• Diego Rivera

• Hernan Cortes

• Castro Brothers

a church that was built in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century

• Gothic Cathedrals

• Monastery

• Convent

• Mission

 statue in Brazil is a symbol of Christianity around the world

• Statue of David

• Mona Lisa

• Sistine Chapel

• Christ the Redeemer

 a 4-day holiday celebrated just before Lent, is filled with food, music, and parades with colorful costumes and floats

• State Fair

• Carnival

• Día de Los Muertos

• Diwali

(Day of the Dead) is a Mexican celebration to honor the dead, started by the Aztecs.

• Día de Los Muertos

• Carnival

• Diwali

• State Fair

 a staple crop that spread to Europe due to colonization, and trade through the Columbian Exchange

• Apple

• Avocado

• Asparagus

• Potato

 lived in the Yucatan Peninsula from about 250 to 900 A.D.

• Mayans

• Aztecs

• Incas

• Apaches