Capital cities of Mexico
Precolumbian cultures
Discovery of the Americas
Volcanoes of Mexico
Rivers of Mexico
100
Capital city for Campeche
What is Campeche?
100
Was called the "mother of the cultures" and was the first major civilization in what is now Mexico. This culture carved huge heads from basalt (rock). It lasted from about 1200 to 400. BCE.
What is Olmec culture?
100
Europe organized eight military expeditions whose was to recover Jerusalem from the Muslim rule. What was the name for this expeditions?
What are Crusades?
100
Name of the volcano 9?
What is Popocatepetl?
100
Name for river 1
What is Rio Bravo (Rio Grande)?
200
Capital city of Hidalgo
What is Pachuca?
200
This culture used to have great astronomers, invented the zero and a calendar. Lived in Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatan and Central America. Lived during 250 and 900 CE. Also played ball game.
What is Mayan culture?
200
Mediterranean sea was blocked, land and sea trade routes were closed and the exchange of products between the kingdoms of Europe and Asia was interrupted thanks to:
What is Ottoman empire and its ocupation in Europe?
200
Name for the volcanoe 10
What is the Iztaccihuatl?
200
Name for River 2?
What is Colorado?
300
Capital city of Sonora
What is Hermosillo?
300
This culture maintained commercial exchanges with other cultures that lived in distant such as the Mayan, for this they used the Cocoa seed as their coin.
What is Toltec culture?
300
What was the name of the explorer that discovered America in 1492?
What is Christopher Colombus?
300
Name for the volcano 13
What is Pico de Orizaba?
300
Name for river 3
What is Grijalva?
400
Capital city of Queretaro
What is Queretaro?
400
This culture carved figures, obsidian tools and rock crystal, they produced polychrome ceramics with geometric forms and symbols, mastered the techniques of goldsmithing, made various gold objects. Also played ball game.
What is Mixtec culture?
400
Name for the three caravels that were used by Columbus and its men to navigate the sea.
What is the Niña the Pinta y la Santa Maria?
400
Name for the volcano 7
Whats is Nevado de Toluca?
400
Name for river 4
Whats is Papaloapan?
500
Capital city of Sinaloa
What is Culiacan?
500
This culture ruled a large empire in the area that is now central and southern Mexico, spoke a language called Nahua and had no alphabet of their own, but they used picture writing to record their history. Human sacrifice, or the killing of people for religious reasons, played an important part in their rites.
What is Aztec culture?
500
What was the reason for the King and Queen of Spaint to send to explore to Columbus overseas?
Whats is to fin new routes to reach China and India?
500
Name for volcano 4
What is Paricutin?
500
Name for river 5
What is Balsas?