MEXICO HISTORY AND CULTURE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

MEXICO HISTORY AND CULTURE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS



List the 3 cultures of the world. - Correct Answers -Rice of the Orient
Wheat of Europe
Corn of México

Chichén Itzá is the ancient city of the ________________. - Correct Answers -Mayans

"El Carocol" is a Mayan _____________________. - Correct Answers -observatory

The Mayan pyramid "Kulkulkán" is also known as _________________. - Correct
Answers -El Castillo

This group of Native Americans destroyed the Mayans. - Correct Answers -The Toltecs

The main square in Mexico City is called the ____________. - Correct Answers -Zócalo

What are the colors of the Mexican flag? - Correct Answers -Green, white and red

What did the Spaniards build on top of Tenochtitlán? - Correct Answers -Mexico City

Tenochtitlán was the capital of the ___________________. - Correct Answers -Aztecs

What was the sign that the Aztecs were looking for to tell them where to establish their
capital? - Correct Answers -An eagle sitting on a cactus eating a snake.

Tenochtitlán was built on top of a _____________. - Correct Answers -Lake

The Spanish conquistador who conquered Mexico. - Correct Answers -Hernán Cortés

The social system of separate classes in colonial Mexico, - Correct Answers -the caste
system