Colonial Period
Culture
1800-1850
1850-1900
Geogrphy and Climate
100
What was the name of colonial Mexico?
What is New Spain
100
What is the only official language of Mexico?
What is Spanish
100
When was Iturbide crowned emperor?
What is 822
100
Who was the first president of Mexico?
What is Benito Juarez
100
What is the capital city of Mexico?
What is Mexico City
200
What were people who were half-Indian, half-Spanish called?
What is Mestizos
200
What is the common religion in Mexico?
What is Christianity/Roman Catholicism
200
How did Mexico lose half of its territory?
What is he USA took it after the Mexican American war.
200
What was the Mexican-American war?
What is The two countries fought for possession of Texas.
200
What is Mexico’s climate?
What is Tropic and Desert
300
Who was the ruler of Spain during the colonial times?
What is Antonio de Bucareli and Felix Calleja
300
What type of clothing was necessary for the climate in Mexico?
What is Sombreros
300
What was the Gadsden purchase?
What is Mexico sold some of New Mexico and Arizona to USA for $10 million.
300
Who was the first mestizo president of Mexico?
What is Porfirio Diaz
300
What type of food was accessible in Mexico?’
What is Tropical fruits, chicken, and treez nuts.
400
How did the colonial period of Mexico affect Mexico today?
It influenced the culture and customs of Mexico.
400
General Ignacio Zaragoza won a battle over the French army.
What happened on Cinco de Mayo?
400
USA gained Mexico’s northern territories, and Mexico would pay $3.25 million dollars of debt to the USA.
What did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo entail?
400
1861
When did France gain control of the Veracruz port?
400
The climate was wetter.
Why did the Olmecs reside on the Yucatan Peninsula?
500
Why were there racial tensions between the Spanish and the Indians?
Europeans believed that the inhabitants of the new World were uncivilized.
500
Why is the country named Mexico?
Mexicatl was the patron god of the Aztecs, in turn Mexico means place of Mexicatl.
500
Why was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Humiliating?
Mexico had lost a war and was forced to forfeit almost half of its territory.
500
Why was France given control of the Veracruz port?
To encourage Mexico to pay its international debt.
500
How much land was covered by rail roads in Mexico?
397 miles
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