Ch9: La Cultura - Cuba, Puerto Rico y La República Dominicana

Question 1

Historia: When did the United States colonize Puerto Rico?

Answer 1

1952

Question 2

Historia: What is the relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States, and why is this relationship significant?

Answer 2

Puerto Rico is a territory with commonwealth status in the United States, meaning they have the same rights as US citizens, but they cannot vote.

Question 3

Historia: How often does Puerto Rico elect a new governor?

Answer 3

Every 4 years

Question 4

Lugares Mágicos: What is the capital of the Dominican Republic?

Answer 4

Santo Domingo

Question 5

Lugares Mágicos: When and by whom was Santo Domingo founded?

Answer 5

Between 1494 and 1498 by Barolome Colon (the brother of Christopher Colombus)

Question 6

Lugares Mágicos: What was the name of the first military construction of the Americas?

Answer 6

The Ozama fortress

Question 7

Lugares Mágicos: What was the name of the first hospital in the Americas?

Answer 7

The hospital of San Nicolas de Bari

Question 8

Lugares Mágicos: What is the name of the Monastary in Santo Domingo?

Answer 8

The monastery of San Francisco

Question 9

Lugares Mágicos: When was the first cathedral in the Americas built?

Answer 9

1521

Question 10

Lugares Mágicos: When and by whom was the first university in the Americas built?

Answer 10

1538 by St. Tomás de Aquino

Question 11

Artes Plásticas: Who is the most recognized Cuban artist worldwide?

Answer 11

Wilfredo Lam

Question 12

Artes Plásticas: From what heritages did Wilfredo Lam’s parents originate from?

Answer 12

His father was Chinese. His mother was African, European, and Indigenous.

Question 13

Artes Plásticas: Where did Wilfredo Lam visit and live?

Answer 13

Spain, France, Martinique, Haiti and Cuba

Question 14

Artes Plásticas: What is significant about Wilfredo Lam’s work?

Answer 14

He included African elements in his paintings and mixed them abstractly through the use of people, animals, and plants.

Question 15

Artes Plásticas: Where is Wilfredo Lam’s work exhibited?

Answer 15

The Art Institute in Chicago, New York, and others

Question 16

Artes Plásticas: Describe the painting “The Jungle” by Wilfredo Lam.

Answer 16

Cubist figures appear with African masks that are mixed with sugar cane and bamboo.

Question 17

Ritmos y Música: What instruments have influenced Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Dominican music?

Answer 17

Indigenous percussion, guitar, and violin

Question 18

Ritmos y Música: What music has been created as a result of Indigenous influence?

Answer 18

Merengue, bachata, rumba, son and samba

Question 19

Ritmos y Música: Who is one of the most famous Dominican singers over the last 30 years?

Answer 19

Juan Luis Guerra

Question 20

Ritmos y Música: What rhythms does Juan Luis Guerra focus on?

Answer 20

Bachata and merengue

Question 21

Ritmos y Música: Where is Romeo Santos from, and what does he perform?

Answer 21

The Bronx in New York; bachata

Question 22

Ritmos y Música: From where do Romeo Santos’ parents originate from?

Answer 22

His father was Dominican and his mother was Puerto Rican.

Question 23

Ritmos y Música: What is the name of the album that Juan Luis Guerra and Romeo Santos sang together?

Answer 23

Frio, Frio (2013)