Final 12 - Cultura

Question 1

Hoteles

Answer 1

alojamiento (lodging) en Madrid

Question 2

Paradores

Answer 2

INNS

muchos son edificios historicos

Question 3

Hostales y Pensiones

Answer 3

mas pequenos, pero son mas baratos

Question 4

Plaza de Cibeles

Answer 4

• in front of the Bank of Spain
• una fuente (fountain) dedicada a Cibeles, una diosa griega (Greek goddess)
• fuente mas famosa en Espana
• center of finance starts here

Question 5

Plaza Mayor

Answer 5

• el centro municipal de Madrid
• llena (full) de tiendas y cafes
• no puedes conducir aqui, solo caminar

Question 6

Museo del Prado

Answer 6

Palacio Real, when the King & Queen (Fernando y Maria) moved a bunch of famous paintings here while redecorating
-Francisco de Goya, Diego Velázquez y El Greco

Question 7

Flamenco y Gipsy King

Answer 7

• roots from traditional flamenco from Andualucia, a region south of Spain
• influenced by jazz, salsa, Brazilian & northafrican music
• sings in ‘gitano’ (Romany Gypsy dialect)
• Tonino Biliardo, Nicolas Reyes

Question 8

Mercado del Rastro

Answer 8

• in Madrid
• sells second hand items
• open Sundays

Question 9

Don Quixote

Answer 9

• main chara of a bewk by Miguel de Cervantes
• Spanish culture of the 17th century and human nature
• idealist
• Sancho Panza (squire)

Question 10

Guitarra acustica espanola

Answer 10

• more than 2000 yrs old
• invented by Egyptians, brought over by Arabs
• 6 stringed guitar (“Spanish guitar”) developed in Spain

Question 11

Costa Rica de Veragua

Answer 11

What Christopher Columbus called Puerto Limon
heard of people in the south w/ gold shit
called it that cause it sounded rich

Question 12

Saludos en Costa Rica

Answer 12

• greet each other with hands, handshake

- women usually kiss each other on the cheek

Question 13

Reserva privada Selva Verde

Answer 13

• 4 buildings constructed in the park
• walkways built high up in the trees
• poisonous frogs, exotic birds

Question 14

Diay!

Answer 14

indicates affirmation, interrogation and admiration

also used when you want someone to stfu

Question 15

Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio

Answer 15

• near the coast of Pacific Ocean

- there are paths beside the beaches where you can see iguanas, parrots, and monkeys

Question 16

economia de Costa Rica

Answer 16

• turismo
• agricola (cafe, platanos, cana de azucar, arroz, frijoles, papas)
• aka coffee, bananas, sugar cane, rice, beans, potatoes

Question 17

Jose Figueres Ferrer

Answer 17

• president of Costa Rica in 1948
• conocido como “don Pepe”
• mejorar la educación y la salud pública
• eliminó el ejército (army)

Question 18

Queztal

Answer 18

• GREEN BIRD THING ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION
• lives in bosque nuboso de Monteverde

Las iridiscentes plumas verdes de la cola del quetzal fueron usadas como adornos por los reyes aztecas y mayas

Question 19

Navegar los rapidos

Answer 19

Lots of rapids in Costa Rica
inflatable rafts
rio Sarapiqui en Costa Rica

Question 20

Gallo Pinto

Answer 20

platillo nacional

• frijoles negros, arroz, y cebolla
• usually breakfast, served with fried eggs and tortillas