WorksheetsDia de los Muertos
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
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 of the dead for ancestors
paper flowers
What items might you find on an ofrenda?
Halloween decorations
Anything your ancestors enjoyed when they were alive
Pictures of living people
Scary things
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 guide our ancestors back to us
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 helps to keep them alive in the land of the dead.
What's the date of Día de los Muertos?
Around November 30th and 31st
Around November 1st and 2nd
Around December 1st and 2nd
Who is this fancy lady?
My Grandma
La Margarita
La Catrina
A ghost
¿Cómo se dice "skulls"?
Calacas
Calaveras
Colocos
Camareros
What is this special table called?
Fotos
Flores
Altar
Pan
This is a very ____________ day for Families in Mexico.
happy
sad
What are Alebrijes?
Spirit animals
Mean animals
Dog and cats
