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Cinco de Mayo commemorates what event in Mexican history?

What is the Battle of Puebla?

100
What is a girl's fifteenth birthday called?
What is a "quinceañera".
100
What is the Spanish word for "friend"?
What is "amigo".
100

He was president of Mexico during this time period

Who is Benito Juarez?

100
What English word is used for someone who speaks two langagues?
What is "bilingual".
200
What Indian group controlled Mexico before the Spanish conquest?
Who were the Aztecs.
200
How do you say "Happy Birthday" in Spanish?
What is "Feliz Cumpleaños".
200
What is the Spanish word for "orange"?
What is naranja/anaranjado.
200

He was president of the United States during this time period.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

200
What does the Spanish word "amor" mean?
What is "love".
300
On May 5, 1862, the Mexican Army defeated the _________.
Who was the French Army.
300
What is the name of the paper ornament that is struck until candy falls out of it?
What is a "piñata".
300

The Spanish word for party

What is a "fiesta".

300

This conflict was happening during the same time period in the United States.

What is the American Civil War?

300
What is a taco?
What is meat (and other fillings) inside a hard or soft tortilla shell, folded in half.
400

The general of the Mexican army during the battle of Puebla

Who was General Zaragoza?

400
On which date on which Mexican Independence Day is celebrated?
What is September 16.
400

The Spanish phrase for "It's sunny"

What is Hace sol.


400

France was not happy that Benito Juarez decided to stop doing this for two years.

What is paying foreign debts?

400

Although the Battle of Puebla was a great source of pride for Mexico, France was able to take control and temporarily establish this man as ruler of Mexico.

Who is Emperor Maximilian I?

500
How do you say "Long live Mexico!" in Spanish?
What is ¡Viva México!
500

Cinco de Mayo is often celebrated with parades.  This is the Spanish word for parades.

What is desfiles?

500
What does "Yo soy Americano" mean?
What is "I am an American".
500

This country wanted to help Mexico defeat the French because they did not want France creating an empire directly to the south of them.

What is the United States of America?

500
What is the capital of Mexico?
What is "La Ciudad de México" (Mexico City).
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