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Hispanic Latinx Heritage Month

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Do all people who are considered Latinx have the same history and culture?

a)

Yes

b)

No

2.
When Africans came to Latin America they brought with them their culture including their
a)
foods
b)
music
c)
dances
d)
they brought all of these
3.
Frida Khalo's birthplace
a)
Mexico
b)
Guatemala
c)
New Mexico
4.

Accident that caused Frida to be confined to a full body cast.

a)

bus accident

b)

polio

c)

birth defect

5.

Activity Frida did to fill the boring hours in a body cast.

a)

painting

b)

exercises

c)

schoolwork

6.

How did illness and accidents affect Frida's artwork? She

a)

showed her pain and depression through her art

b)

she gave up on art

c)

she tried drawing and liked it

d)

she got married and divorced twice

7.

Frida's artist husband:

a)

Diego Rivera

b)

Marcel Duchamp

c)

Blue Sky

8.
Family home
a)
Blue House
b)
Green House
c)
Pink House
9.
What happened when Roberto Clemente started playing for Pittsburgh?
a)
They kept losing.
b)
They hated him
c)
They never liked him.
d)
The team started winning.
10.

What made the Pittsburgh fans enjoy watching Roberto Clemente?

a)

He made really good jokes to the fans.

b)

He was a very exciting and talented baseball player.

c)

He mild and meek. Never lashing out at the racist that would boo him.

d)

The fans loved baseball.

11.

What happened because young Roberto Clemente was such a good baseball player?

a)

He made lots of money.

b)

He was a popular person in Puerto Rico.

c)

He was invited to play baseball in the United States.

d)

He became the best player that ever lived.

12.

Roberto Clemente was born in...

a)

Puerto Rico

b)

Spain

c)

Mexico

d)

Honduras

13.

Roberto Clemente tried to help earthquake victims of which country?

a)

Nicaragua

b)

Panama

c)

Puerto Rico

d)

Uruguay

14.

Roberto Clemente died from...

a)

the flu

b)

car accident

c)

train accident

d)

plane crash

15.

Where are people who are considered Latin, Latino, Latina, or Latinx from?

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

South of the USA

d)

All of the Caribbean

16.

What makes a person Hispanic?

a)

Ancestors from Norway

b)

Ancestors from Spain

c)

Ancestors from America

d)

Ancestors from Chile

17.

What does CER mean?

a)

Claim, Evidence, Reasoning

b)

Claim, Awareness, Realism

c)

Conscience, Evolution, Reading

d)

Concepts, Evidence, Reasoning

18.

Cesar Chavez (1927-1993) was a Latin American labor leader and civil rights activist. In this informational text, Barbara Bloom discusses Chavez’s activism and how he improved the rights of farm workers.


What is the year of Cesar's birth and death?

a)

1983 and 1972

b)

1997 and 2007

c)

1927 and 1993

d)

1927 and 2020

19.

Why did Cesar Chavez go on a fast?

a)

To get slim, preventing Diabetes

b)

To shine the a light on the plight of the migrant worker

c)

To honor his God and show restraint

d)

To prove that people do not need food

20.

What organization was Cesar ahead of?

a)

The National Helpers (La Mexica)

b)

The National Guild House (La Ropa)

c)

The National Farm Workers (La Causa)

d)

The National Migrant (La Tia)

21.

Why did Cesar have to leave his family owned land in Arizona?

a)

The Great Depression, loss of funds

b)

The Spanish Flu, Father was sick

c)

A car accident, left him disabled

d)

A plane crash, killed his mother

22.

Who did Cesar Chavez work to help?

a)

Immigrant workers right to get on the ballot for president

b)

Migrant workers living in upper class homes.

c)

Migrant workers gaining rights to segregated schools and buses

d)

Migrant workers gain fair wages, treatment, and working conditions.

23.

What is self-awareness?

a)

a person's realization that he or she is a person with many traits that go beyond the norm and become real.

b)

a person's realization that he or she is a distinct individual whose body, mind, and actions are separate from those of other people

c)

a person's realization that he or she is a person that can make it big in any industry (activism, art, baseball, or music)

d)

a person's realization that he or she is person that is small in stature and frame.

24.

Celia Cruz was born in what Latin country?

a)

Mexico

b)

Dominican Republic

c)

Cuba

d)

Spain

25.

Why did Celia leave her home in Cuba?

a)

Fidel Castro came into power

b)

Donald Trump came into power

c)

Barack Obama came into power

d)

Robert Kennedy came into power

26.

What musician did Celia team up with in Harlem?

a)

Madonna

b)

Beyonce Knowles

c)

Tito Puente

d)

Ricky Martin

27.

Celia Cruz was known as the queen of?

a)

Queen of Pop

b)

Queen of Soul

c)

Queen of Salsa

d)

Queen of Rock N Roll

28.

What award did Celia Cruz win?

a)

Grammy and National Medal of Honor

b)

Oscar and the National Medal of Honor

c)

Gold Medal and the National Medal of Honor

d)

None of the above

29.

What did Celia Cruz die of?

a)

Starvation

b)

Brain Cancer

c)

Polio

d)

Plane Crash

30.

Which word also means the same as Central Idea?

a)

Main Idea

b)

Main Goal

c)

Theme

d)

Inference

31.

Which of the following details supports the central message of this story:

“Make the most of the opportunities you are given.”

a)

Sonia really loved pork chops.

b)

Sonia was blooming like a moon flower.

c)

Sonia knew she had to study year after year in order to get the good grades she needed to be a judge.

d)

Sonia had many family traditions.

32.

What does the author mean when she said "Sonia would push herself to her limits?"

a)

Sonia studied day and night. She worked hard to graduate with high honors.

b)

Sonia was very bossy and pushy with people.

c)

Sonia shoved herself.

d)

Sonia did not like people being late to court.

33.

Where did Sonia Sotomayor grow up?

a)

South Bronx-New York City, New York

b)

New Albany, Ohio

c)

Detroit, Michigan

d)

Nashville, Tennessee

34.

(a)   are beliefs that are not founded by known facts about someone or about a particular group of individuals.

Example:

Roberto Clemente was lazy because he is Afro Latino

35.

(a)   is shown by people believing their talents can be developed (through hard work, good strategies, and input from others)

36.

When Cesar Chevez felt that he could get the votes from migrant workers because he canvased Spanish speaking residential areas shows....

a)

self-efficacy

b)

growth mindset

c)

bias

d)

self-esteem

37.

When Frida Kahlo felt pretty and valued her eyebrows after she painted her own self portrait.

a)

Self-efficacy

b)

bias

c)

growth mindset

d)

self-esteem

38.

Sonia Sotomayor is a _____________________

a)

lawyer

b)

supreme court judge

c)

congress woman

d)

vice president