1) National Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 - October 15. a) True b) False 2) Hispanic Heritage Month actually began as a week-long celebration when it was first introduced in 1968. a) True b) False 3) The term Hispanic (Latino, Latinx) refers to a person's culture--regardless of race. a) True b) False 4) The timing of Hispanic Heritage Month coincides with the Independence Day celebrations of several Latin American nations. a) True b) False 5) Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua declared their independence from Spain on September 15, 1821. a) True b) False. 6) Mexico declared its independence from Spain on September 16, 1810. a) True b) False 7) In 1988, the period for celebrating Hispanic Heritage in the U.S. changed from a week to a year to give our country more time to celebrate Hispanic culture and achievement. a) True b) False 8) Hispanic Heritage Month features festivals, parades, art shows, concerts, and much more all across the U.S. a) True b) False 9) Hispanic Americans are the nation’s second-fastest-growing racial or ethnic group after Asian Americans. a) True b) False 10) This activist is still regarded as an important civil rights leader who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (later the United Farm Workers labor union). a) Cesar Chavez b) Julan Castro 11) This star, born in the Bronx, New York to Puerto Rican parents who supported her ambitions to become a singer, started taking singing and dancing lessons at 5 years old. a) Jennifer Hudson b) Jennifer Lopez 12) This individual made her mark by becoming the first Hispanic American woman to go to space with a 9-day mission in 1993. a) Ellen Ochoa b) Ellen DeGeneres 13) A Bronx native of Puerto Rican descent, this woman became the first Hispanic American to serve as a member of the Supreme Court. a) Rita Moreno b) Sonia Sotomayor 14) This Mexican-American singer quickly rose to fame in the late 1950s while still only a teenager. a) Ricky Nelson b) Richie Valens 15) This award-winning actor was born to immigrant parents from Ireland (his mother) and Spain (his father). a) Ramon (Raymond) Sessions b) Ramon Antonio Gerard Estevez (Martin Sheen) 16) This Cuban-American superstar was the lead singer of the band Miami Sound Machine, which had a number of hit pop songs in the 1980s and 1990s. a) Gloria Estefan b) Linda Ronstadt 17) This Mexican and American guitarist rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock 'n' roll and Latin American jazz. a) Carlos Santana b) Carlos Fuentes 18) Born to a mother who was a former opera singer and a father who was an aeronautical engineer of African-American and Afro-Venezuelan descent, this singer has had sales of over 200 million records worldwide and is one of the best-selling music artists of all time. a) Alicia Machado b) Mariah Carey 19) Having a father of Puerto Rican descent, this professional baseball player had 21 seasons in Major League Baseball and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993. a) Reginald (Reggie) Fils-Aimé b) Reginald (Reggie) Martinez Jackson 20) He became the first Mexican American to reach the rank of brigadier general in the United States Army. a) Richard E. Cavazos b) Ricardo Montalbán

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