Dia de los Muertos - 3rd -5th Grade Review 2021

Where is Dia de los Muertos primarily celebrated?

• Mexico

• Mexico, parts of Central America and certain regions of the U.S.

• California, New Mexico, and Arizona

• Central America

Dia de los Muertos is related to what Catholic holy days?

• Halloween

• Ash Wednesday

• Lent

• All Saints' and All Souls' Day

Dia de los Muertos takes place on....

• October 31st

• May 5th

• September 17th

• November 1st and 2nd

What do families set up in their home and at the cemetery to help celebrate their loved ones that have passed away.

• alteras

• velas

• pan de muerta

• papel picado

What ofrenda (not decoration) is left on the alteras?

• Special drinks and comida that were favorites of the loved one who has passed.

• flores

• velas

• photos

How do the people of Mexico feel about death?

• They fear it.

• They are sad.

• The see death as a natural part of the cycle of life.

Families spend Dia de los Muertos....

• mourning.

• celebrating the lives of those who passed away.

• in a solemn sad state.

Papel picado is

• hot drink made of corn, water, and fruit flavoring.

• a whimsical skeleton

• a candle.

• decorative cut tissue paper art.

Examples of calaveras could be

• copal

• whimsical skeletons.

• velas

• sugar skulls.

Cempasuchiles are...

• cut tissue paper art.

• the marigolds whose scent is believed to "attract the souls and draw them back during Dia de los Muertos.

• velas.

• pan de muerta