Politics Unit 4: Mexico

This conservative political party gained national and international attention by winning the Mexican presidential election in 2000.

• MORENA

• Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD)

• PRI

• National Action Party (PAN)

Effective in 1994, this agreement aimed to increase trade between the United States, Canada and Mexico.

• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hildago

• United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)

• Mexican-American War

This former Aztec City, conquered by the Spanish, is known today as Mexico City.

• Tijuana

• Juarez

• Tenochtitlan

• Durango

In 1910, Francisco I. Madero launched an attack against Mexican dictator Porfirio Diaz in what later became the _________?

• Mexican-American War

• Mexican Revolution

• Mexican Miracle

• Mexican War of Independence

In Mexico, regional landowners who employed personal militias to defend their territory were known as _________?

• Indigenous warriors

• Mestizos

• Criollos

• Caudillos

In Mexico, according to this part of the Constitution, Presidents can only serve one six-year term in office.

• Mexican Miracle

• Supreme Court of Justice

• No-Reelection clause

• Presidential Powers clause

From 1810-1821, which country did Mexico fight to gain their independence?

• France

• Great Britain

• Portugal

• Spain

In this conflict from 1846-1848, Mexico lost almost half of its original territory.

• Mexican-American War

• Mexican Civil War

• Mexican War of Independence

• American Revolutionary War

Native born Mexicans with European ancestry were known as _________?

• Maya

• New Spaniards

• Criollos

• Mestizos

What is the lower (and larger) house in Mexico's legislature?

• Senate

• House of Commons

• Duma

• Chamber of Deputies