Ch. 12 culture

Question 1

In Oaxaca, Mexico, Cordoba, Spain, or Popayan, Colombia, one can be in an … influenced architectural feature called the …

Answer 1

Arabic;

patio central

Question 2

the patio central was brought to the Americas by the …
In the colonial era, they built houses, palaces, monasteries, hospitals, and schools with the patio central.
It’s a private and intimate space where one can enjoy the sun and the breeze.

Answer 2

Spanish

Question 3

The center of the patio is an … Around it, separated by columns, is a covered … Thus, in the patio there are … and …

Answer 3

open space;
corridor;
sunny areas;
shade

Question 4

The patio is an important part of the family home and its decoration is carefully picked out. In the center of the patio, many times there’s a …, … and …

Answer 4

fountain;
plants;
trees

Question 5

In the center of the patio, many times there’s a fountain, plants, and trees. Water is an important element in … culture bc it symbolizes … of the body and the soul. For this reason, and to …, water is very important

Answer 5

Islamic;
purification;
lower the temp

Question 6

… and … help maintain cool temperatures and the patio provides … and … to all rooms

Answer 6

water;
vegetation;
ventilation;
light

Question 7

houses with a central patio usually are the family homes of the …
They are houses with two or three floors. The rooms on the ground floor are the …: kitchen, dining room, living room, etc and have doors to the patio. In the upper floors are the family’s …

Answer 7

wealthy;
common areas;
private rooms

Question 8

(Pablo Neruda)

a beloved … figure of ..

Answer 8

literary;

Chile

Question 9

(Pablo Neruda)
In Santiago is his house called … It’s name means … and refers to the hair of …, his third wife and Neruda’s widow.

Answer 9

La Chascona;
unruly hair;
Matilda Urrutia

Question 10

(Pablo Neruda)
La Chascona is shaped like a … and is adorned with objects that Neruda collected during his travels. The house has a … from Marseille, France and Bauhaus … It is now a …

Answer 10

boat;
bar;
furniture;
museum

Question 11

(Pablo Neruda)
In Valparaiso is another of Neruda’s houses called … It is located in Cerro Bellavista and has stunning views of the … It has five floors and is built in the shape of a … Neruda called it his “house in the …”

Answer 11

La Sebastiana;
port;
boat;
air

Question 12

(Pablo Neruda)
La Sebastiana is painted with … colors and decorated with humorous and rare objects. There is a … that was part of a carousel in Paris and in the dining room there is a Venezuelan embalmed …

Answer 12

bright;
wooden horse;
choir bird

Question 13

(Pablo Neruda)
The third house, where the … of Neruda and Matilda are, is located on Isla Negra, a small town south of Valparaiso. The house has been converted into a … This house was Neruda’s favorites and contains many objects that he collected.

Answer 13

tombs;

museum

Question 14

The … that Spain has been experiencing since 2008 has had a significant impact on Spaniards’ lifestyle, reducing their shopping cars to basic, low priced products.
The Carrefour supermarket chain promotes that is possible to … and maintain … at the same time, without having to do without quality products.
Carrefour uses humor and optimism in the face of the hard issue of the crisis

Answer 14

economic crisis;
save;
the style

Question 15

In the south of mexico city there’s a building that fuses … with … It’s the house and study of muralist Diego Rivera and his wife Frida Kahlo, who lived there since 1934 (?)

Answer 15

functionalism;

mexican culture

Question 16

(Rivera and Kahlo’s house)
The creator was the architect and painter …, who was a friend of the couple. Because Kahlo and Rivera needed a quiet place to work, the architect made … connected by a … at the top

Answer 16

Juan O’Gorman;
two houses;
bridge

Question 17

(Rivera and Kahlo’s house)

In 1981, yrs after the artists died, their house was turned into ….

Answer 17

el Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo

Question 18

(Rivera and Kahlo’s house)

This museum seeks to preserve, investigate, and spread the works of these two Mexicans, like the … does

Answer 18

el museo Casa de Frida Kahlo

Question 19

(Panama)
Bc of the Panama Canal, a ship’s trip from NY to Tokia is … miles shorter
It’s construction cost $639 million
Today, on average … ships use it per day
The average toll costs …

Answer 19

3,000;
39;
$54,000

Question 20

(Panama)

The Panama Canal connects the … with the …

Answer 20

Pacific Ocean;

Atlantic Ocean

Question 21

(Panama)

The construction of the Panama canal began in 1903 and ended … later. It is one of Panama’s main sources of income

Answer 21

10 yrs

Question 22

(Panama)

La mola is a form of … art of the …, an indigenous tribe that lived mainly in the San Blas islands

Answer 22

textile;

kunas

Question 23

(Panama)

mola:
- some of their designs are …, inspired by the forms of .., and others are …, like the molas that are more traditional

Answer 23

abstract;
coral;
geometric

Question 24

(Panama)
mola:
- in the past, these fabrics were used only as …, but today they’re also used to …

Answer 24

clothes;

decorate houses

Question 25

(Panama)

Panama’s name means …, is a place that is frequently visited by … and … enthusiasts

Answer 25

place of many fish;
diving;
fishing

Question 26

(Panama)
Panama has a wide variety of beaches on both sides of the isthmus, with the … on one side and the … on the other.
Some zones are tourist destinations, while others are protected for the diversity of their …, in which … abound, such as the …

Answer 26

Carribbean Sea; 
Pacific Ocean; 
marine fauna; 
coral reefs; 
Parque Nacional Marino Isla Bastimentos