Geography
History
Food
100

What is the capital of Mexico?

What is Mexico City?

100

Who was the famous Aztec ruler when the Spanish arrived in Mexico in 1519?

Who was Moctezuma ll?

100

What popular Mexican dish is made with a tortilla filled with ingredients such as meat, beans, cheese, or vegetables?


What are taco?

200

What is the Largest state in Mexico by area?

What is Chihuahua?

200

In what year did Mexico gain independence from Spain?

What is 1821?

200

What Mexican dish is made from a corn or flour tortilla filled with cheese and other ingredients, then folded or cooked?


What are quesadillas?

300

What is the name of the peninsula in southeastern Mexico that is home to famous places like Cancún and Tulum?

What is the Yucatán Peninsula?

300

Who is known as the “Father of Mexican Independence” for starting the fight against Spanish rule in 1810?

Who is Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla?

300

What traditional Mexican dish is made from corn dough, filled with ingredients like meat or cheese, and steamed inside a corn husk?


What are tamales?

400

What is the longest river in Mexico?

What is the Rio Grande (Río Bravo)?

400

What ancient civilization built the famous city of Teotihucán, known as the enormous pyramids?

What is Teotihuacanos (the people of Teotihuacàn)?

500

Mexico shares it northern border with which country?

What is the United States?

500

What event in 1910 began the Mexican Revolution, a major conflict that changed Mexico’s government and society?


What is the Mexican Revolution?