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Mexico and Mesoamerica

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Central American country shares a border with Mexico?

a)

Yucatan

b)

Guatemala

c)

El Salvador

d)

Honduras

2.

What is Mexico's capital city?

a)

Cancun

b)

Guadalajara

c)

Guatemala City

d)

Mexico City

3.

Which economic activity brings Mexico the most money each year?

a)

silver mining

b)

tourism

c)

car manufacturing

d)

ranching

4.

What Mexican holiday commemorates one's deceased relatives?

a)

Halloween

b)

Cinco de Mayo

c)

Day of the Dead

d)

Día de la Constitución

5.

Who is the current President of Mexico?

a)

Andrés Manuel López Obrador

b)

Miguel Díaz-Canel

c)

Oscar de la Hoya

d)

Iván Duque Márquez

6.

What type of government does Mexico have now?

a)

absolute monarchy

b)

federal republic

c)

dictatorship

d)

constitutional monarchy

7.

Which state was NOT part of the territory Mexico lost in the Mexican American War?

a)

California

b)

Arkansas

c)

Nevada

d)

Utah

8.

When was the Mexican American War?

a)

1914-1923

b)

1519-1521

c)

1861-1865

d)

1846-1848

9.

What two states did the USA gain territory for when they made the Gadsden Purchase?

a)

Arizona and California

b)

New Mexico and Texas

c)

Arizona and Utah

d)

New Mexico and Arizona

10.

Who was killed leading the Mexican revolution against Spain in 1810?

a)

Hernan Cortez

b)

Miguel Hidalgo

c)

Gabriel Soto

d)

Rafael Marquez

11.

What is the dominant religion in Mexico today?

a)

Islam

b)

Hinduism

c)

Catholic Christianity

d)

Polytheistic native religion

12.

In Mexico, what is a girl's 15th birthday called?

a)

Puedes leer en espanol

b)

Fabulosa

c)

El mejor dia

d)

Quinceanera

13.

What term refers to the region of Mexico and Central America, during the Pre-Columbian age?

a)

Central America

b)

Aztlan

c)

El Salvador

d)

Mesoamerica

14.

Which civilization came before the Maya in Mesoamerica?

a)

Olmec

b)

Inca

c)

Aztec

d)

Pueblo

15.

Which of the following was NOT a Mayan cultural accomplishment?

a)

An accurate 365 day calendar

b)

Inventing enchiladas

c)

A complete hieroglyphic writing system

d)

An astrological map of the stars

16.

Who led the Spanish conquistadors in conquering the Aztec civilization?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Benito Juarez

c)

Francisco Pizarro

d)

Hernan Cortez

17.

Which civilization was noted for their extreme amount of human sacrifices?

a)

Olmec

b)

Aztec

c)

Maya

d)

Inca

18.

What is the word to describe the type of religion the Aztecs had with the worship of many different gods?

a)

monotheistic

b)

polytheistic

c)

Catholicism

d)

Zapotec

19.

Which of these was one advantage the Spanish conquistadors had in their fight against the Aztec empire?

a)

poison arrows

b)

more soldiers

c)

metal armor

d)

lightsabers

20.

What was encomienda?

a)

The Spanish system of giving land and control of native people to Spanish men

b)

One of the deadly diseases the killed many native people in Mesoamerica

c)

A special type of metal armor that protected the Spanish from Aztec weapons

21.

Which active volcano is located just outside of Mexico city?

a)

Popocatépetl

b)

Cuexmate

c)

Sierra Madre

d)

Denali

22.

What large body of water flows from the Atlantic and borders Mexico's east coast?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Gulf of California

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Caribbean Sea

23.

Which Central American country shares a border with Mexico?

a)

El Salvador

b)

Guatemala

c)

Yucatan

d)

Honduras

24.

Because Mexico is located along the Ring of Fire, which two natural disasters commonly occur there?

a)

volcanoes and forest fires

b)

earthquakes and volcanoes

c)

volcanoes and maquiladoras

d)

earthquakes and hurricanes