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WorksheetsDia de los Muertos
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What does Dias de los Muertos mean?
Day of the Mortars
Day of the Mouse
Day of the Skull
Day of the Dead
What is an ofrenda?
An ofrenda is a table for a big meal for your family and friends
An ofrenda is a skull made of sugar and decorated with icing and glitter
An ofrenda is a photo of an ancestor in a small metal frame
An ofrenda is a temporary altar full of offerings to ancestors
What is something you might find on an ofrenda?
Marigolds
Photos of ancestors
Offerings of food
All these things
What is papel picado
Cut paper banners
Special bread for ancestors
Paper flowers
Sugar skulls
What are calavera?
Cut paper banners
Special bread for ancestors
Sugar skulls
Small photos of ancestors
What is pan de muerto?
Cut paper banners
sugar skulls
bread for ancestors
paper flowers
Items on the ofrenda represent
Halloween decorations
Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water
Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, El Salvador, Belize, Costa Rica, and Guatemala
Food to eat
What other items might you find on an ofrenda?
Halloween decorations
Anything your ancestors enjoyed when they were alive
Pictures of living people
Scary things
Why do people dress up as skeletons for Dias de los Muertos?
To be scary
Because it's Halloween
To worship death
So that the ancestors don't feel ugly or grotesque.
Why are Dias de los Muertos skeletons and skulls pretty and not scary?
To show respect for our ancestors
Because people just like pretty things
Because there are little kids around
Because people don't like scary things
Where might people celebrate Dias de los Muertos?
In a cemetary
In a public place
In people's homes
All these answers are correct
What culture started Dias de los Muertos?
The Incas
The Celtics
The Egyptians
The Aztecs
Why are marigolds used to celebrate Dias de los Muertos?
Because they are gold like golden treasure
Because they are orange like cheese
Because their color and scent is said to pass through to our ancestors
Because they are cheap and easy to find
Why do some people celebrate Dias de los Muertos?
Because it's a big party and that's really fun.
Because it's the end of the harvest season.
Because it's Halloween.
Because remembering our ancestors keep them alive in the land of the dead.
What do you call a small photo of a loved one in a decorative frame?
A nicho
A papel picado
A pan de muerto
A picture frame
