Exploring Spanish

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Exploring Spanish

• and Spanish-speaking Countries

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1. What branch of the Indo-European language
family does Spanish belong to?
Italic or Latin
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2. On which continent is Spain located?3. What
is the name of the peninsula that Spain is on?

• The Iberian peninsula

Europe
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4. What countries border Spain?

• Portugal
• France
• Andorra

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5. What bodies of water surround Spain?
The Atlantic Ocean
The Mediterranean Sea
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6. What is the Strait of Gibralter?

• The narrow water passage between Spain and
  Africa that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the
  Atlantic Ocean.

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7. What is the capital city of Spain?

• Madrid

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8. What is El Museo del Prado?

• An art gallery in Madrid where you can see many
  wonderful works of art by Spanish artists as well
  as artists of other nationalities.

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9. What are some other famous places in Spain?

• The Alhambra palace in Granada
• Barcelona, where the 1992 Summer Olympics were
  held
• Toledo, famous for its sword-making industry

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10. How did the Spanish language spread to the
Western Hemisphere?

• By Spanish explorers, such as Columbus, Pizzaro,
  Cortez, and Ponce de Leon and the conquistadors
  and colonists who followed.

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11.What are the Spanish-speaking countries in
Central America?

• Guatemala
• El Salvador
• Honduras
• Nicaragua
• Costa Rica
• Panama

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12. What are some Spanish-speaking countries in
the Caribbean?

• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• Puerto Rico

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13. What are the Spanish-speaking countries in
South America?

• Venezuela
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Chile

• Bolivia
• Paraguay
• Uraguay
• Argentina

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14. What Spanish-speaking country borders the
U.S.?

• Mexico, of course

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15. What is Puerto Ricos relationship to the
United States?

• It is an associated free state and Puerto
  Ricans are citizens of the United States.

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16. What are some U.S. states where there are a
lot of Spanish-speaking people.
California
Ari- zona
New Mexico
Texas
Florida
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17. What are some festivals that are celebrated
in Spain and Mexico?

• Spain
• Semana Santa (Holy Week)
• Carnaval (same as Mardi Gras)

• Mexico
• El día de los muertos (The Day of the Dead)
• Cinco de Mayo (5th of May)

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Spanish festivals

• Semana Santa (Holy Week)
• Street processions are held in most Spanish
  towns each evening from Palm Sunday to Easter
  Sunday.
• People carry statues of saints around on floats
  or wooden platforms

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Spanish festivals

• Carnaval
• Same as Mardi Gras in France or the U.S.
• Celebrated with street parades, costumes, beauty
  pageants, music and masks

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Festivals in Mexico

• El día de los muertos (The Day of the Dead)
• Celebrated on Nov. 1 2
• Altars are made to remember the dead
• Candy skulls are made and eaten
• Families clean and decorate the cemeteries

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Festivals in Mexico

• Cinco de Mayo (5th of May)
• Celebrates the date that 4,000 Mexican soldiers
  defeated the French army of 8,000 at Puebla,
  Mexico on May 5, 1862

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18.What are some words in English that are
borrowed from Spanish.