US Politics
This is the symbol of the Republican Party
What is an elephant?
Palestine became a part of this country's empire after WW1
What is Britain?
Quetzalcoatl was this god
What is the Sun God?
Mexico was known as this when it was a colony of Spain
What is New Spain?
This individual led the social revolutionaries in the north
Who is Pancho Villa?
Andrew Jackson founded this political party
What is the Democratic Party?
Israel has imposed this on Gaza since 2007
What is a blockade?
This civilization ruled the Yucatan a few centuries before the Aztecs ruled the Meca Central
Who are the Maya?
This was the system for categorizing people in New Spain based on their lineage
What is the Casta System?
This is the year when Mexico began its war of independence
1810
This party supports nuclear disarmament
What are the Democrats?
This war occurred right after Israel was created in 1948
What is the Arab-Israeli war?
the Aztecs built their capital city in the middle of this lake
What is Lake Texcoco?
Encomienda refers to what practice of the Spanish in the Americas
What is the enslaving of Native Americans?
Carranza was a member of this faction in the Mexican Civil War of 1914-17
What is a constitutionalista?
This is the number of senators each state has added to the number of congresspeople
Which group governs Gaza?
What is Hamas?
The Aztecs were actually known as this [two words, 1/2 points for getting just one right]
What are the Tenochta Mexica?
These people held all the important jobs in New Spain
What are Peninsulares?
This priest led the war for Mexican Independence
Who is Father Hidalgo?
This is the number of electoral votes a candidate needs in order to win
What is 270?
Israel took over the Sinai Peninsular after this war, but returned it after the Camp David Accords in 1978
What is the 6-Day War in 1967? [1/2 points if you just put 1967]
This person was the Aztec king when Cortes arrived, he thought Montezuma was Quetzalcoatl
Who is Montezuma?
This person ruled New Spain
What is a Viceroy?
What is the name of the dictator who took power after the death of Madero? [full points for his entire name; 1/2 points for just his last name]
Who is Victoriano Huerta?