Hispanic and Latino

Question 1

What is the difference between Hispanic and Latino?

Answer 1

Hispanic is someone who comes from a Spanish-speaking background regardless of race and the government uses that. Latino is what people who have a Spanish-speaking background call themselves

Question 2

Which four U.S. states has more Hispanics than Whites?

Answer 2

Texas, New Mexico, California, and Hawaii

Question 3

What is a newcomer growth community?

Answer 3

communities that previously did not have many Hispanics but now they do

Question 4

What is Latin America define as?

Answer 4

All those parts of the Americas that were once part of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires.

Question 5

The Latin American country that has the highest literacy rates is

Answer 5

Cuba

Question 6

People from Latin American countries identify themselves based off of

Answer 6

their nationality (e.g., Chileans or Ecuadorian)

Question 7

Which Latin American group makes up the largest immigrant group in the US?

Answer 7

Mexican

Question 8

For health, Latinos depend on

Answer 8

home remedies, the media, medical professionals, and social networks

Question 9

Children from culturally different backgrounds may experience a “double jeopardy” which means

Answer 9

Biological and environmental factors impact the children.