Unit 7 Lesson 5: Repaso de Mis vacaciones

Question 1

Where’s Puerto Plata

Answer 1

Puerto Plata, which is on the northern coast of DR

Question 2

(Puerto Plata) Pico Isabel de Torres

Answer 2

the Pico Isabel de Torres, where they visited the botanical garden that is on top of the mountain. I loved Teresa’s photo of herself with the statue of Christ the Redeemer in the background.

Question 2

Where does Dominican amber come from

Answer 2

Dominican amber comes from a species of tree that is now extinct, and it is known to be transparent. Much of the amber from the Caribbean comes from this same tree.

Question 2

(Puerto Plata) the Amber Museum in Puerto Plata. What is amber

Answer 2

. Amber is the resin or sap of a tree that has been fossilized.

Question 3

What color does Dominican amber come from

Answer 3

Dominican amber comes in several different colors. I bought an amber bracelet that has red, green, and yellow amber. There is even a blue amber, but it is quite rare and very expensive.

Question 4

Some of the specimens that they have at the amber museum are amazing

Answer 4

My favorite fossil is the one of a lizard preserved perfectly in amber. That lizard fossil is between 30 and 40 million years old! The museum has incredible specimens, and I have never seen anything like them.

Question 5

Salomé Ureña de Henríquez was not only a poet in the nineteenth century; she was also a champion of education for women in la República Dominicana. What was her early life like

Answer 5

Salomé’s parents were great influences on her literary life; her father was writer Nicolás Ureña de Mendoza, and her mother taught her from a very young age. This early exposure to literature and education shaped Salomé’s interests throughout her life.

Question 6

Salomé’s first poems were published when she was just seventeen years old. What were the themes of her poems

Answer 6

. The main themes of her poetry were taken from her own life story. Themes such as patriotism, love and tenderness toward her son, the importance of family, and la República Dominicana are quite present in her work.

Question 6

Salomé had four children who were greatly influenced by their mother; they too became intellectuals and writers. Salomé also opened the Instituto de Señoritas

Answer 6

d the Instituto de Señoritas, which was the first women’s institute for higher learning in la República Dominicana. Visité