National Hispanic Heritage Month

When does National Hispanic Heritage Month take place?

• September 1st

• September 15th to October 15th

• Entire month of May

• September 15th

Why does National Hispanic Heritage Month begin on September 15th and not on September 1st?

• 7 Latin American countries celebrate their national independence day.

• It gives everyone time to prepare for Mexico's independence day.

• It coincides with the national independence days of Latin American countries Guatemala, Honduras,

  El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica

• There are 15 Latin American countries.

When is Chile's independance day?

• September 18th

• September 15th

• September 8th

• September 25th

When is Mexico's independence day?

• May 5th

• September 15th

• September 16th

• September 18th

National Hispanic Heritage Month has always been a month long celebration.

• True

• False

What year did Congress pass the law that ensured that all presidents

would recognize the National Hispanic Heritage culture each year?

• 1989

• 1968

• 1986

• 1960

How many years later did former president, George H. W. Bush officially declare that

National Hispanic Heritage be a month long celebration?

• 20 years later

• 15 years later

• 12 years later

• 21 years later

Hispanics are the _________ largest ethnic group in the United States?

• 5th

• 2nd

• 4th

• 3rd

How many people descended or originally came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America?

• 62 million

• 65 million

• 60 million

• 68 million

Do Hispanic and Latino mean the same thing?

• Yes

• No