MEXICO - History and Culture

Question 1

When did people first come to Mexico?

Answer 1

520 years ago

Question 2

How did Mexicans build their first permanent settlements?

Answer 2

Through farming

Question 3

Who were the Olmecs?

Answer 3

Olmecs were the earliest known major civilization in Mesoamerica and they lived starting around 1500BC

Question 4

Where did the Olmecs settle?

Answer 4

Olmec lived on the humid southern coast of the Gulf of Mexico,

Question 5

What did the Olmecs build?

Answer 5

temples and giant statues.

Question 6

When did the Maya civilization exist?

Answer 6

Between 250 to 900 AD

Question 7

Which civilization did the Maya build on?

Answer 7

the OLMEC

Question 8

Name some Mayan achievements

Answer 8

Built large cities, temples for their gods, studied the stars, developed detailed calendars, and kept written records which are still used to study the Mayan culture.

Question 9

who were the Aztecs and when did they exist?

Answer 9

After the decline of the Maya civilization, people called the Aztecs moved to central Mexico from the north around 1325

Question 10

where was the Aztec capital?

Answer 10

island in a lake. Known as Tenochtitlán (tay-nawch-teet-LAHN)

Question 11

How did the Aztecs build their empire?

Answer 11

Through Conquest, and defeating other tribes

Question 12

define EMPIRE

Answer 12

land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler.

Question 13

How long did Spain Rule Mexico?

Answer 13

300 Years

Question 14

What did the Spanish bring to Mexico?

Answer 14

Guns, horses and diseases such as small pox

Question 15

What happened to the Aztecs after the spanish arrived?

Answer 15

The aztecs had no resistance to diseases, became weak and were easily defeated.

Question 16

What year was the land claimed for spain?

Answer 16

1521

Question 17

Spaniards called people of mixed European and Indian ancestry_________

Answer 17

Mestizos

Question 18

The Spaniards called people of mixed European and African ancestry_______

Answer 18

Mulattoes

Question 19

What church greatly influenced colonial Mexico?

Answer 19

Roman Catholic Church

Question 20

Define Mission

Answer 20

Church outposts

Question 21

What did priests want to achieve in colonial Mexico?

Answer 21

Priests at the missions learned native languages and taught the Indians Spanish. They also worked to convert the American Indians to Catholicism.

Question 22

What were spaniards looking for in Mexico?

Answer 22

Gold and Silver

Question 23

Besides metals name one other important part of the Mexican Colonial Economy?

Answer 23

Agriculture

Question 24

Define hacienda

Answer 24

huge expanses of farm or ranch land

Question 25

who lead a revolt against the Spanish?

Answer 25

Miguel Hidalgo

Question 26

When did Mexico win its independence?

Answer 26

1821

Question 27

Which territory broke away from Mexico about 15 years after Mexico gained it’s Independence?

Answer 27

Texas

Question 28

The war over the United States/Mexico border was known as?????

Answer 28

Mexican-American War,

Question 29

After the Mexican American war, Mexico lost half of it’s territory to which country?

Answer 29

America

Question 30

Mexicans survived one invasion by which country in the Mid 1800s

Answer 30

France

Question 31

Mexicans thought land owners had too many privileges which resulted in

Answer 31

The Mexican Revolution in 1910, where peasants regained their land and a newly formed government was in place

Question 32

Mexico’s history influenced______?

Answer 32

Its culture

Question 33

What is one examples of how Mexico’s history influenced it’s culture?

Answer 33

ne major influence from history is language. Most Mexicans speak Spanish because of the Spanish influence in colonial times. Another influence from Spain is religion. About 90 percent of all Mexicans are Roman Catholic.