Basic Geography
What is the capital of Mexico?
Mexico City
Olmec, Maya, or Aztec
What is the "Dia de los Muertos"?
The day of the dead festival
What are the large holes filled with water called?
Cenotes
Name of the two kids movies that I mentioned during this unit.
the Road to El Dorado AND Coco
Name a country in Central America.
Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, or Guatemala
This area was conquered by the _________ from Europe.
Spanish/Spain/Espana
What animals fly from North America to Mexico in the winter. Hint: they have orange wings and are insects.
Monarch Butterflies
What desert is in the southern US and northern Mexico?
Sonoran Desert
When does Dia de Los Muertos happen?
October 30-November 2
What is the name of the peninsula that is in Mexico?
This is an Aztec food that people still make today. They smash avocados and mix other things in to make it.
Guacamole (guac)
What is the name of the Lake that Mexico city was built on?
Lake Texcoco
What is an "ofrenda"?
A table that people put gifts on for their dead relatives.
What is the name of Mexico's tallest mountain?
Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata, Francisco Madero
What is the name of the traditional Mayan and Aztec game that people are starting to play again?
Ulama
What is the name of the man-made river in Panama that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
What do the Mayan and Olmec have in common?
We do not know why they died out.
What is the name of the mountain range in Mexico?
Sierra Madres
What was the original name for Mexico City?
Tenochtitlan
What is the name of the Mexican art style of cutting paper into pictures?
Papel Picado
What is the name of the body of water that touches EASTERN Mexico?
the Gulf of Mexico
What animal did they Olmec believe helped create them?
Jaguars (big cats)