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DIRECTIONS: Use the handouts to help you complete this page. Read each statement below. Circle True or False. If the statement is false, write the correct information next to it.
- The Spanish founded South Carolina in 1526.
True False
- Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II (also called Montezuma) commissioned the first zoo in South America.
True False
- Alfonso Alvarez Blade invented the burglar alarm in 1911.
True False
- Paraffin, which is used to make candles, was discovered in Mexico.
True False
- From 1936 to 1992, five people of Hispanic heritage won the Nobel Peace Prize.
True False
- The United States never adopted the Spanish dollar as the basic monetary system.
True False
- The Real y Pontifica Universidad de Mexico was the first university founded in North America.
True False
- The first person of Hispanic heritage to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor served during World War I.
True False
- A group of explorers led by Ponce de Le�n celebrated thanksgiving years before the Pilgrims came to America.
True False
- Cafeteria is a word adopted from Spanish.
True False
- The first person of Hispanic heritage to receive the Nobel Prize in literature was Octavio Paz in 1990.
True False
- Some Cuban Society ladies donated $12 million to the Revolutionary War.
True False
- Thirteen people of Hispanic heritage won the Congressional Medal of Honor for service during the time of the Vietnam War.
True False
- Modern medicine is based on the Aztec understanding of treating diseases.
True False
- The word rodeo means "ranch" in Spanish.
True False
- Pedro Paulet invented the helicopter.
True False
- Rita Moreno never won a Grammy Award.
True False
- La Gaceta de Mexico was the first newspaper in North America.
True False
- The Incas discovered rubber.
True False
- Guillermo Camerena invented color television.
True False
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