Cultura de Guatemala unit - Desafio 1

1.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

La capital de Guatemala es

México

Guatemala

La ciudad de Guatemala

2.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

¿Dónde empieza Centroamérica?

México

Guatemala y Belize

Colombia

Answer explanation

Guatemala is in Central America. This country and Belize mark the transition between North and Central America.

3.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

El jade es

es una madera

es una piedra roja

es piedra preciosa

es cuarzo

Answer explanation

Jade from Guatemala is a rare gem material that comes in many different colors. Jade was prevalent in the ancient Mesoamerican cultures, and the currently mined material was re-discovered less than 50 years ago.

4.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

Esta piedra era sagrada para...

Los Mayas

Los Aztecas

Los Apaches

Los Incas

Answer explanation

Jade was incredibly important to the Mayans, taking on a great spiritual and religious significance. The stone's green colour lent it to associations with water and vegetation, and it was symbolically associated with life and death in the eyes of the Mayans.

5.

Open Ended

3 mins

1 pt

¿Cómo se llaman son los Volcanes más importantes en Guatemala?

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6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

¿Qué hay en Antigua Guatemala?

volcanes

estadios

edificios

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

¿Qué es Chichicastenango?

una piramide

un mercado al aire libre

una ciudad

8.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

¿Qué hay en Chichicastenango?

edificios

cementerio de colores

casas

9.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

¿Qué puedes comprar en Chichicastenango?

animales

ropa tradicional

casas

10.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

Qué es un huipil?

una blusa

una bufanda

un pantalon y una blusa

una falda

Answer explanation

This garment, worn by descendants of the ancient Maya, has come to represent indigenous solidarity and defiance amid oppression. The huipil can vary from a short blouse-like garment or long enough to reach the floor, of hand-woven fabric, stitched together to form a square blouse.

11.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

¿Quién es Rigoberta Menchu?

Policia de derechos humanos, feminista y premio Nobel de la Paz.

Activista de derechos humanos, feminista y premio Nobel de la Paz.

Enfermera de derechos humanos, feminista y premio Nobel de la Paz.

abogada de derechos humanos, feminista y premio Nobel de la Paz.

Answer explanation

Rigoberta Menchú Tum is a Guatemalan human rights activist, feminist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Menchú has dedicated her life to publicizing the rights of Guatemala's Indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War, and to promoting Indigenous rights internationally.

12.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

¿Qué países están en Centroamérica? -

Mexico Puerto Rico, Cuba, Santo Domingo y Belize.

Puerto Rico, Cuba, Santo Domingo y Belize.

Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, y Belize.

Answer explanation

Central America is a part of the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot, which extends from northern Guatemala to central Panama.

13.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

Qué país en Centroamérica no habla español?

Nicaragua

Belize

Panamá

Answer explanation

Belize is often thought of as a Caribbean country in Central America because it has a history similar to that of English-speaking Caribbean nations. Indeed, Belize’s institutions and official language reflect its history as a British colony.

14.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

Los Mayas son

una civilización mesoamericana en México y Guatemala

una civilización mesoamericana en Perú y Argentina

una civilización mesoamericana en Puerto Rico y Cuba

Answer explanation

The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization was the most sophisticated and highly developed writing system in pre-Columbian Americas—as well as for its art, architecture, mathematics, calendar, and astronomical system

15.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

¿Cuántos Volcanes tiene identificados Guatemala?

288

238

228

Answer explanation

30 active volcanoes in Guatemala the most actives are Fuego, Pacaya, and Santiaguito

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