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This document provides questions from a Spanish 2 culture chapter about sizes, famous Spanish and Latin American figures, and the history of jeans. Students are instructed to use a textbook or online resource to answer questions about a painting of Margarita of Austria and information about shoe sizes in Spain and Mexico. Further questions cover a Cuban fashion designer and the origins of jeans, including important dates and contributions of Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis.

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Culture Questions

This document provides questions from a Spanish 2 culture chapter about sizes, famous Spanish and Latin American figures, and the history of jeans. Students are instructed to use a textbook or online resource to answer questions about a painting of Margarita of Austria and information about shoe sizes in Spain and Mexico. Further questions cover a Cuban fashion designer and the origins of jeans, including important dates and contributions of Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis.

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Spanish 2 - Chapter 2B Culture

Questions

Answer the questions on your culture sheets use a book


or the website
www.pearsonsuccessnet.com login = gbcs + ID password = gbcs + 8
digit birthday

La infanta Margarita de Austria (p. 100)


1. Who painted the painting?
2. Who did the kings promise their daughters hand in marriage
to (his name)?
3. How were Margarita and the Emperor of Austria related?
4. Why was the painting created?
5. How old is Margarita in the painting?
No s qu talla uso! (p. 109)
1. What
2. What
3. What
4. What
5. What

would a size 12 be considered in Spain?


would a mens size 9.5 shoe be in Spain?
would a mens size 9.5 shoe be in Mexico?
do you add to a womans shoe size in Spain?
do you add to a mans shoe size in Spain?

Narciso Rodrguez (p. 117)


1. Where was he born?
2. Where were his parents from?
3. What school did he go to?
4. Who has he worked for?
5. What does he do?
Los Jeans (p. 118-119)
1. What is the first important date mentioned and what
happened?
2. What is the second important date mentioned and what
happened?

Spanish 2 - Chapter 2B Culture


Questions

Answer the questions on your culture sheets use a book


or the website
www.pearsonsuccessnet.com login = gbcs + ID password = gbcs + 8
digit birthday

3. What is the third important date mentioned and what


happened?
4. Why did Jacob Davis write a letter to Levi Strauss in
1872/what did it say?
5. Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss started a new deal, who
contributed what?
6. Do you agree with the expression that jeans are democratic
clothing? Why or why not?

La infanta Margarita de Austria (p. 100)


1. Diego Velzquez made the painting
2. Margarita was promised to Leopoldo
3. Margarita and Leopoldo were cousins
4. It was created so that Leopoldos family could see Margarita
5. Margarita is about 9 in the painting
No s qu talla uso! (p. 109)
1. A size 12 in America would be a 46 in Spain
2. A mens size 9.5 shoe would be 43 in Spain
3. A mens size 9.5 shoe would be 27 in Mexico
4. You add 30 to a womans shoe size in Spain
5. You add 33.5 to a mans shoe size in Spain
Narciso Rodrguez (p. 117)
1. He was born in New Jersey
2. His parents were Cuban
3. He went to the Parson School of Design in New York

Spanish 2 - Chapter 2B Culture


Questions

Answer the questions on your culture sheets use a book


or the website
www.pearsonsuccessnet.com login = gbcs + ID password = gbcs + 8
digit birthday

4. He has worked for Anne Klein, Donna Karan, and Calvin Klein
5. He is a designer
Los Jeans (p. 118-119)
1. 1847 Strauss arrived in the U.S.
2. 1872 He received a letter from Davis
3. 1873 Strauss and Davis received a patent
4. Davis explained his invention of the remaches to Strauss.
5. Davis contributed his invention and Strauss contributed his
money.

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