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This green, creamy dip is made primarily from mashed avocados, lime juice, and cilantro.
What is Guacamole?
This traditional style of folk music features musicians in "charro" suits playing trumpets, violins, and guitars.
What is Mariachi?
This November holiday features colorful altars and sugar skulls to honor and remember ancestors who have passed away.
What is Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos)?
This ancient civilization built the famous Chichén Itzá pyramids and was known for its advanced calendar and astronomy.
Who are the Maya?
This massive capital city is the largest in North America and was built on top of an ancient lake.
What is Mexico City?
Often served in a tall glass, this "cocktail" of chopped seafood (like shrimp) is "cooked" in the acidity of lime juice.
What is Ceviche?
Often called the "Queen of Tejano Music," this late singer was the subject of a famous 1997 movie starring Jennifer Lopez.
Who is Selena?
At many Mexican celebrations, children use a stick to break this decorated container filled with candy and toys.
What is a Piñata?
These fierce warriors founded their capital city on an island in a lake, which eventually became Mexico City.
Who are the Aztecs?
This world-famous resort city on the Yucatán Peninsula is known for its turquoise waters and spring break parties.
What is Cancún?
This traditional Mexican sauce is famous for its complex blend of spices, chili peppers, and even a hint of chocolate.
What is Mole?
This 2023 global superstar, known for his signature mullet, became the first Mexican artist to hit #1 on the Global Spotify chart.
Who is Peso Pluma?
Despite common belief in the U.S., this May holiday is not Mexico's Independence Day, but a celebration of a battle victory in Puebla.
What is Cinco de Mayo?
This famous Mexican artist is known for her self-portraits, signature flower crowns, and her colorful "Blue House."
Who is Frida Kahlo?
To the west of mainland Mexico is this long, thin peninsula that shares its name with a famous U.S. state.
What is Baja California?
You’ll find these "street" treats everywhere—they are long, star-shaped pieces of fried dough coated in cinnamon and sugar.
What are Churros?
This very famous birthday song is sung in Mexico (and at many Mexican restaurants) instead of "Happy Birthday."
What is "Las Mañanitas"?
This "crying woman" from a famous Mexican ghost story is said to wander near rivers searching for her lost children.
Who is La Llorona?
Before it was an independent country, Mexico was a colony belonging to this European nation for 300 years.
What is Pain?
Mexico is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west and this body of water to the east.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
These consist of corn dough (masa) with a savory filling, wrapped in a corn husk or banana leaf and steamed.
What are Tamales?
This classic folk song about a cockroach that can’t walk became a world-famous tune during the Mexican Revolution.
What is "La Cucaracha"?
This massive 15th birthday celebration for girls marks their transition from childhood to womanhood.
What is a Quinceañera?
This Spanish Conquistador led the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire in the early 1500s.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
This large south-eastern peninsula separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea and is home to many Maya ruins.
What is the Yucatán Peninsula?