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Mexico

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the capital of Mexico?

a)

Mexico City

b)

Puebla

c)

Cancún

d)

Guadalajara

2.

What is the image in the middle of the Mexican flag?

a)

coat of arms with an Aztec warrior and Olmec head

b)

eagle eating a snake on a cactus

c)

an erupting volcano

d)

Temple of Kukulkán on the equinox

3.

Mexico City is __________ at a rate of about 3 feet each year.

a)

rising

b)

moving away from the mainland

c)

sinking

d)

dancing

4.

What body of water separates Mexico from Texas?

a)

Rio Grande

b)

Gulf of Mexico

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

5.

What geographic feature does Mexico NOT have?

a)

mountains

b)

volcanoes

c)

glaciers

d)

rivers

6.

Mole Poblano (Mexico's national dish) is made with what?

a)

cheese

b)

chocolate

c)

pineapple

d)

coca cola

7.

Mexican money is called ________

a)

dollars

b)

moolah

c)

money

d)

pesos

8.

The Olmec were known for carvings what?

a)

birds

b)

cacti

c)

bird-snakes

d)

giant heads

9.

The Maya were the first group to use what mathematical idea?

a)

zero

b)

geometry

c)

calculus

d)

counting

10.

What made pok-ta-pok (the ball game) so difficult?

a)

heavy ball

b)

high hoop

c)

couldn't use your hands or feet

d)

all of the above

11.

On the equinoxes (March and September), what animal can you see "descending" at the Temple of Kukulkán?

a)

eagle

b)

whale

c)

snake

d)

parrot

12.

When the Spanish conquistadors arrived, what native group did they encounter?

a)

Olmec

b)

Maya

c)

Toltec

d)

Aztec

13.

Father Miguel Hidalgo was a ___________.

a)

man with a lot of children

b)

Mexican president

c)

Catholic priest

d)

Spanish conquistador

14.

Mexico beat ___________ on May 5, 1862 at the Battle of Puebla.

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

USA

d)

England

15.

What holiday is more important in Mexico?

a)

Cinco de Mayo (May 5)

b)

Independence Day (September 15-16)