Hispanic and Latino Americans

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/hispanic-and-latino-americans

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

Hispanic: Pertaining to people, cultures, or languages originating from Spanish-speaking countries, primarily in Europe and the Americas.
Latino/Latinx: Pertaining to people or cultures originating from Latin America, encompassing Spanish, Portuguese, and French-speaking countries in the Americas.
Pan-ethnicity: The formation of a broader ethnic identity that unites diverse smaller ethnic groups based on shared characteristics or experiences.
Viceroyalty of New Spain: A major administrative territory of the Spanish Empire in the Americas from 1535 to 1821, including much of the present-day southwestern United States.