Across
- 1. second wave of Cubans who left from the Port of Mariel and were less educated/lower class
- 5. nine,median age of US Latinos
- 6. plays in important role in Latinos' lives
- 8. male with origins in Latin America
- 11. interpreter, part of the healthcare team, must be familiar with multiple accents and expression in Spanish
- 12. people with origins in Latin America
- 14. country that is part of Latin America but where Spanish is not the official language
- 18. Spanish conquerors initiated the conversion of the natives to this religion
- 20. language spoken by most Latinos
- 21. state with the most Latinos in the US
- 22. million, number of Latinos in the US
- 23. official language of Brazil
Down
- 2. native Indian
- 3. female with origins in Latin America
- 4. eight, median age of US population as a whole
- 7. this wave of Cubans were middle or upper class families with some education
- 9. Brazil and Japan had significant migrations from this country in the late 19th century
- 10. mixed African and European persons
- 13. Spanish, neutral Spanish where words are pronounced without an identifiable accent
- 15. multiple females with origins in Latin America
- 16. government made term referring to people who speak Spanish or of Spanish decent
- 17. mixed European and Native Indian person
- 19. Census Bureau, created the term Hispanic in the 1960s
