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This Mexican boxer is known by the nickname "Canelo

Who is Canelo Álvarez?

200

This is the capital city of Mexico.

What is Mexico City?

200

This bird is featured in the center of the Mexican flag.

What is an eagle?

200

This priest is known as the "Father of Mexican Independence" and gave the Grito de Dolores in 1810.

Who is Miguel Hidalgo?

200

This ancient city was the capital of the Aztec Empire before the arrival of the Spanish.

What is Tenochtitlán?

400

This Formula 1 driver is nicknamed "Checo.

Who is Sergio Pérez?

400

This peninsula in southeastern Mexico is home to Cancún.

What is the Yucatán Peninsula?

400

The colors green, white, and red appear on this national symbol.

What is the Mexican flag?

400

This ancient civilization built the city of Tenochtitlán, where Mexico City now stands.

Who were the Aztecs?

400

Mexico's highest mountain, Pico de Orizaba, is also known by this indigenous name.

What is Citlaltépetl?

600

This Mexican soccer star won five consecutive Spanish league titles with Real Madrid.

Who is Hugo Sánchez?

600

This river forms much of the border between Mexico and the United States.

What is the Rio Grande (Río Bravo)?

600

This cactus appears on Mexico's coat of arms beneath the eagle.

What is a nopal (prickly pear cactus)?

600

Mexico gained its independence from this European country in 1821.

What is Spain?

600

This Mexican president served five non-consecutive terms and led the country for much of the late 1800s.

Who is Porfirio Díaz?

800

This Mexican tennis player became one of Mexico's top-ranked women's singles players.

Who is Renata Zarazúa?

800

This is the largest state in Mexico by area.

What is Chihuahua?

800

This flower, often used during Día de los Muertos celebrations, is a symbol of Mexico.

What is the marigold (cempasúchil)?

800

This Mexican president is remembered for defeating the French and leading major reforms in the 1800s.

Who is Benito Juárez?

800

The Olmec civilization is famous for creating these giant stone monuments.

What are colossal heads?

1000

This Mexican taekwondo athlete won Olympic gold in Beijing 2008.

Who is María del Rosario Espinoza?

1000

This volcano, whose name means "Smoking Mountain," is one of Mexico's most famous peaks.

What is Popocatépetl?

1000

According to legend, an eagle standing on a cactus while holding a snake showed the Aztecs where to build this city.

What is Tenochtitlán?

1000

This revolution began in 1910 and sought to overthrow President Porfirio Díaz.

What is the Mexican Revolution?

1000

This 16th-century Spanish conqueror led the expedition that defeated the Aztec Empire.

Who is Hernán Cortés?

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