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Compare languages, foods, music, festivals, and religious life across countries of the Western Hemisphere. Aligned to the New York State Grade 5 social studies framework.
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20 questions
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Canada's federal government works in two official languages. One is English. What is the other official language of Canada's federal government?
Spanish is the language most people in Mexico speak. Mexico's census also counts millions of speakers of Indigenous languages. Which Indigenous language has the most speakers in Mexico?
Brazil is the largest country in South America. Which language do most people in Brazil speak, and use in its schools and government?
Haiti's constitution names two official languages. One is French. What is the other language, spoken every day by nearly everyone in the country?
Most South American countries have Spanish or Portuguese as their official language. Guyana is the one country on the continent whose official language is what?
Nunavut is a territory in northern Canada. Along with English and French, which Indigenous language is official there?

On November 1 and 2, families in Mexico observe Dia de Muertos by building home altars called ofrendas with marigolds, candles, and favorite foods. Whom do these altars honor?
Mexico celebrates its Independence Day on September 16. What does the separate May 5 holiday, Cinco de Mayo, remember?
In Rio de Janeiro, samba schools spend months building floats and costumes for Carnival. What does Carnival mark?

In the Bahamas, Junkanoo groups parade through Nassau before dawn in costumes built from crepe paper, with goatskin drums and cowbells. On which two days is Junkanoo traditionally held?

The United States holds its Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November. When does Canada hold its Thanksgiving?

A mariachi group plays violins, trumpets, a guitar, and a deep-toned bass guitar called a guitarron. In which country did mariachi music develop?

The steelpan is made by hammering the end of a steel oil drum into tuned sections that ring different notes. It is the national instrument of which Caribbean country?

Tango music and dance grew up in the port neighborhoods along the Rio de la Plata. Argentina is one country on that river. Which neighboring country shares the tango tradition?

Tortillas, tamales, and pozole are everyday dishes in Mexico. All three are made mainly from which crop, first grown by farmers in Mexico thousands of years ago?
Every spring in Quebec and Ontario, workers drill small holes in tree trunks and collect the sap that runs out. What food is made by boiling that sap down?

Arepas are round cakes of ground corn cooked on a griddle and eaten daily in two neighboring South American countries. Colombia is one. What is the other?

Spanish and Portuguese colonizers brought their religion to the Americas. Today, more people in Mexico and Brazil belong to which Christian church than to any other?

Powwows, with drumming, singing, and dancing, are gatherings that Native nations in the United States and Canada still hold today.

Quechua is still spoken today by people living in the Andes of Peru and Bolivia.

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