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WorksheetsPhysical Features and History of Mexico
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 16mins
Which one of these is NOT one of the bodies of water that borders Mexico?
Gulf of California
Caribbean Sea
Arctic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Which one of these is NOT one of the 3 mountain ranges in Mexico?
Sierra Madre del Norte
Sierra Madre del Sur
Sierra Madre Occidental
Sierra Madre Oriental
What is the name of the river that creates part of the border between the United States and Mexico?
Mississippi River
Rio Bravo del Norte
Amazon River
Pecos River
What is the name of the most active volcano in Mexico?
Popocatépetl
Colima
Mount Saint Helens
Vesuvius
What climate zone is the most populated climate zone?
Tierra Caliente
Tierra Templada
Tierra Fria
Tierra Helada
Mexico is the world's leading producer of what metal?
Aluminum
Gold
Silver
Steel
What city in Mexico is the capital city in Mexico?
(a)
What is the second largest city in Mexico?
Mexico City
Guadalajara
Ciudad Juarez
Monterrey
Which economic region in Mexico is the poorest economic region?
The North
Central Mexico
The South
What term means "more than they needed to survive"?
Staple
Surplus
Shortage
Colonialism
What early indigenous civilization is considered to be the founding culture of Mexico?
The Maya
The Aztec
The Olmec
The Inuit
What is the name of the Mayan city discussed in our notes?
Chicken Pizza
Chichen Itza
Mexico City
Tenochtitlan
What was the name of the capital city of the Aztec?
Tenochtitlan
Chicken Pizza
Chichen Itza
Mexico City
What was the name of the Spanish explorer who found Tenochtitlan in 1519?
Miguel Hidalgo
Benito Juarez
Porfirio Diaz
Hernan Cortes
Which one of these is NOT one of the things that helped the Spanish defeat the Aztec?
Better Weapons
More Troops
European Diseases
Indigenous Allies
In New Spain who were the richest and most powerful people?
Peninsulares
Creoles
Mestizos
Indigenous
Who were the people of mixed European and Indigenous ethnicity?
Peninsulares
Creoles
Mestizos
Enslaved Africans
What was the name of the priest that launched the rebellion against Spain?
Hernan Cortes
Miguel Hidalgo
Benito Juarez
Porfirio Diaz
In what year did Mexico win independence from Spain
1810
1811
1821
1877
What was the name of the first president of Mexico with indigenous ancestry?
Hernan Cortes
Miguel Hidalgo
Benito Juarez
Porfirio Diaz
Benito Juarez was very popular with the wealthy landowners in Mexico.
True
False
When Mexico could not repay their debt, what country invaded and took control of Mexico?
England
Germany
Spain
France
In 1877 who was "elected" president and ran the country like a dictator?
Hernan Cortes
Miguel Hidalgo
Benito Juarez
Porfirio Diaz
What is the name of the political party that ran Mexico for almost 80 years, until the year 2000?
(a)
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