3.1 Prueba: Cultural Readings

The Galapagos Islands, off the coast of Ecuador, are known for their biodiversity. One popular reptile that lays its eggs there is the giant ​ (a)  

• tortuga
• toronja
• lechuga
• tostones

Answer explanation

giant tortuga, or tortoise

Miguel de Cervantas was a famous Spanish author. He authored pieces that are considered classics.

Cervantes escibió en el siglo (century)​ (a)   .

• diez y siete
• quince
• diez y seis
• diez y ocho

Answer explanation

Cervantes escribió en el 17th century

The Yucatan peninsula is located in several countries but the majority of the peninsula is in ____. Haz clic en that area.

Answer explanation

The Yucatán is mostly in Mexico

As you have learned in the vocab unit and the cultural reading, the names of many stores end in -ería, and the base of the word tells you what is sold there.  

Usando esta comprensión, ¿cómo se diría 'shoe store'?

• joyería

• pescadería

• ibrería

• ferretería

• none of these

Answer explanation

none of those work. a shoe store would be "zapatería", the base word being zapatos, the word for shoes 

Iguazú Falls are a magnificant set of waterfalls. 

¿En qué area se encentra las cataratas de Iquazú?

Answer explanation

The falls are on the border of Brazil and Argentina, so they are found in South America 

Las cataratas de Iguazú, or Iguazu Falls is a magnificant waterfall. 

¿Cuál es la forma (shape) de las cataratas? 

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Answer explanation

Las cataaratas are in a horse shoe shape 

¿Cuál científico famoso estudió la teoría de evolución en las islas galápagos?

• Mary-Claire King

• Louis Pasteur

• Charles Darwin

• Jonas Salk

Answer explanation

Charles Darwin studied his famous evolutionary theory on the Galapagos. 

As you have learned in the vocab unit and the cultural reading, the names of many stores end in -ería, and the base of the word tells you what is sold there.  

Usando esta comprensión, ¿qué es el carncería?

• a shop that sells toys

• a shop that sells meat

• a shop that sells bread

• a shop that sells jewelry

Answer explanation

carnicería =  meat/ butcher shop.  carne (mean) is the base word 

Las cataratas de Iguazú is a magnificant waterfall.  

¿Cuál frase no es verdad (NOT TRUE) de las cataratas de Iguazú?

• The falls are 4 miles wide.

• The falls are divided by various islands into some 275 separate waterfalls.

• The rate of flow is 450,000 cubic feet per second during the rainy season.

• The mist that rises above the falls creates a rainbow effect.

Answer explanation

the falls are not 4 miles wide; they are 2.5 miles wide 

¿Cuál frase es la mejor descripción de la Yucatán? 

• It has many rivers.

• It is only desert.

• It is a very diverse region.

• it's inhabitable and no one can visit 

Answer explanation

it is a very diverse region