Geography
The main region of Mexico that covers much of the central part of the nation.
What is the Mexican Plateau?
The first Native civilization to arise in Mexico.
What was the Olmec?
The year that Mexico gained independence from Spain.
What is 1821?
The new political party that brought fairness to the elections.
What is PAN?
Mexico City was built by these conquerors.
Who are the Spanish?
The capital of present day Mexico.
What is Mexico City?
True or False - The Aztecs were first to arrive in Mexico.
What is False?
Who are the Peninsulares?
Mexico's most important export.
What is oil?
People of Spanish descent who were born in Mexico.
Who are the Criollos?
The river that divides the United States and Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande?
Soldier and Explorer
What is a conquistador?
The movement that influenced Mexico's desire for independence from Spain?
What is the Enlightenment?
The only political party in Mexico for about 70 years.
What is the PRI?
True or False - the majority of Mexicans today speak both Spanish and Native languages.
What is True?
The large body of water on the eastern side of Mexico.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
Corn
What is maize?
What is Christianity? (Roman Catholic)
True or False - Mexico's exports (goods produced) are not dependent on the United States
What is False?
The ocean that makes waves on the west coast of Mexico.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
The Peninsula located on the southern part of Mexico.
What is the Yucatan Peninsula?
The Language of the Aztec
What is Nahuatl?
True or False - The Mexican Revolution came after Mexico won independence from Spain?
What is True?
True or False - Immigration from Mexico occurs because people want to travel.
What is False?
People of mixed Spanish and Native backgrounds.
Who are the Mestizos?