What Do You Now Know About Mexico?

What do you now know about Mexico?

What is the capital of Mexico? What is it commonly known as? México Distrito Federal

el D.F.

What is the official name of the country? Estados Unidos Mexicanos

Of what country was Mexico a possession of before achieving independence?

Into what is Mexico divided, and how many are there? 31 states

What cities in Mexico can you name?

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/maps

What countries border Mexico?What bodies of water?

What is the Yucatan?

What is the difference between the Rio Grande and the Río Bravo?

What is a mestizo?

What were some of the large pre-Columbian civilizations? Where were they located?

The Mexican population is 60

% mestizo 1 30

% other

% Amerindian

9

% white

What is the predominant religion?

What are PRI and PAN

Partido Acción Nacional Partido Revolucionario Institucional

The Mexican flag has in the center an eagle with a serpent in its beak, perched on a nopalcactus. Why?

What happened in 1864 to dramatically alter Mexico?

What is a mariachi?

What is mezcal?

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 to what 2 drugs to the US?

What is a “corrido”?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGPAYv9MTDE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_oCnCYQTIg

Do you know me??

Moctezuma

Virgen of Guadalu pe

Father Miguel de Hidalgo

Benito Juárez

Pancho Villa

Emiliano Zapata

Diego Rivera

Carlos Fuentes

Juan Rulfo

Frida Kahlo

La Llorona

Octavio Paz

Subcomandante Marcos

La Malinche

Guadalupe Posadas

Abel Salazar