What Do You Know About Mexico

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MEXICO? What is the capital of Mexico? What is it commonly called by Mexicans? What is the official name of the country? Of what country was Mexico a colony before achieving independence? Into what is Mexico divided and how many are there? What cities in Mexico can you name? What countries border Mexico? What bodies of water? What is the Yucatán? What’s the difference between the Río Grande and the Río Bravo? What is a mestizo? What were some of the large pre-Columbian civilizations? Where were they located? The population of Mexico is ____% mestizo ________% Amerindian, ________% white ______% other What is the predominant religion? Who is the leader of Mexico and what is his title? What are PRI and PAN? The Mexican flag has in the center an eagle with a serpent in its beak, perched on a nopal cactus. Why? What happened in 1864 to dramatically alter Mexico? What is a mariachi? What is mescal? Name 5 Mexican foods. Why don’t burritos count? Why is the air pollution in the capital so bad? What is “la mordida”? 90% of what drug is trafficked through Mexico on its way to the US? Mexico is the largest supplier of what two drugs to the US? What is a corrido?

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