Nombre: ___Cecilia Huang_____________Hora: ___3____
Unit 2: Puerto Rico
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La búsqueda del web
A. Before you research the following information on the Internet, answer the brainstorming questions below.
Error!
1. Where is Puerto Rico located?
A. In the U.S.
B. In Europe
C. South of the U.S.
D. North of the U.S.
2. Who “owns” Puerto Rico?
A. Europe
B. Spain
C. Mexico
D. The U.S.
3. What is the primary language spoken?
A. Spanish
B. French
4. What is the official nationality of Puerto Rico? (i.e. people from America are “Americans”) ____Puerto Rican__________
5. Where in the U.S. is the largest number of people from Puerto Rico found?
A.Michigan
B. Florida
C. New York
B. In order to learn about Puerto Rico, search: http://Welcome.toPuertoRico.org/ Read the information. Answer the questions
below.
Briefly describe:
Santos: Carved religious figurians representing saints
Mundillos: Type of Bobbin lace-making
Caretas: Paper mache masks for carnival
Nombre: ___Cecilia Huang_____________Hora: ___3____
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Identify these famous Puerto Ricans by filling in this chart.
PERSON
WHO ARE THEY?
A doctor, politician
José Celso Barbosa
Politican, doctor, writer
Ramón Emeterio Betances
Painter
One of Puerto Rico's most eminent painters, noted
portrait painter of subjects ranging from leading
politicians to the local landed gentry.
Baseball Player
Considered baseball's premier defensive outfielder
with 240 homeruns
Actress
The first woman ever to win all four biggest awards in
show business
Painter
The first Latin American impressionist, adapting their
obsession with light and color to tropical skies. He
was also a realistic painter of landscapes and still
lifes in Puerto Rico
Muscian
He formed what became the Tito Puente Orchestra
and became a leader of the mambo and cha-cha-cha
fads
Actress
Winner of 2 Tonys and once danced for
choreographer George Balanchine with bloodsoaked ballet shoes
Poet
The first Puerto Rican -born poet to establish a
reputation throughout the West Indies.
José Campeche
Roberto Clemente
Rita Moreno
Francisco Oller
Tito Puente
Chita Rivera
Lola Rodríguez de Tio
WHY WERE THEY FAMOUS?
In 1899, he founded the Republican Party of Puerto
Rico that advocated statehood for the island. He was
a member of the Executive Cabinet from 1900 to
1917 and a member of the Senate from 1917 to
1921.
Founded a hospital and worked to save Puerto
Ricans from the ravages of a cholera epidemic. He
also founded a clandestine society dedicated to the
liberation of the slaves.
Nombre: ___Cecilia Huang_____________Hora: ___3____
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Answer the following questions about Puerto Rico:
1. What sport is conducted on a circular pit about 6 meters in diameter?
Cockfighting
2. What sport boasts 16 teams in Puerto Rico? Where can you find the schedule?
Basketball- Schedule at "Federación de Baloncesto"
3. When do Puerto Ricans celebrate la conmemoración del Estado Libre Asociado?
July 25
4. List four (4) examples of Spanish colonial architectural influence in Puerto Rico.
El Morro Fortress, the San Juan Cathedral, and the Dominican Convent. Casa Blanca
5. Which Indian group contributed to the folklore heritage of Puerto Rico?
The Taíno tribe-people, the Spaniards, and the black slaves imported from Africa
6. What is the average family income in Puerto Rico?
U.S. $27,017
7. What is the animal you hear when you open this website?
8. Puerto is approximately __________________ the size of ____________________.
9. It is _100_miles from east to west; and __35___miles from north to south.
10. The term _____________________ is used to identify New Yorkers born in Puerto Rico or of Puerto Rican descent who live
in or near New York City.
C.11.
After
your research,
what
aredifferences
two of between
the most
fascinating
you learned about
In government,
what are the
4 major
Puerto
Rico and the things
50 states?
Puerto Rico?
1. There are no great variations from day to day between the times of sunrise and sunset.
2.
Would you like to travel there? Why or why not? (Justify you response in 3-4 complete
sentences)
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