MEXICAN HISTORY TEST QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
in aztec legends their original homeland was called: - Correct Answers -aztlan
the following are true statements about spain in the 15th century, the period in which
christopher columbus sailed across the atlantic ocean to the americas except: - Correct
Answers -the catholic church did not influence education or government
the spaniard responsible for the conquest of mexico was named: - Correct Answers -
hernan cortes
the following are reasons why the spanish were successful in conquering the powerful
aztec empire except: - Correct Answers -all were reasons for their success
the reconquista that occurred in spain made spaniards devoted to christianity and a
sense of superiority over others - Correct Answers -true
in order to achieve expansion, conversion, and defensive settlement of the far north, the
spanish crown used several frontier institutions. these included the following except: -
Correct Answers -immigration offices
he was the leader of the mexican independence movement: - Correct Answers -miguel
de hidalgo
under the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo, signed february 2, 1848, mexico lost its vast
northern territories, which included california, new mexico, and arizona - Correct
Answers -true
the following are true statements of the mexican province of texas except: - Correct
Answers -anglo-americas assimilated to mexican culture
frontier arizona was called ________ by the spaniards: - Correct Answers -pimeria alta
, what was the reaction to the civil war by mexicans in the southwest? - Correct Answers
-mexicans considered it an anglo affair however, many joined the union or confederacy
he was known as the "robin hood of the rio grande." he witnessed the fraudulent
transfer of lands from mexicans to anglo hands in the 1850s: - Correct Answers -juan
cortina
the following statements are true regarding mexican americans in the southwest in the
early 20th century except: - Correct Answers -all statements are true regarding mexican
americans in the southwest
after the border patrol was created in 1925, the rate of illegal immigration from mexico
to the southwest went down greatly - Correct Answers -false
this organization which is still active today, adopted a constitution which stressed its
middle class goals of economic, political, and social rights for all mexican americans: -
Correct Answers -league of united latin american citizens
ometeotl - Correct Answers -the creator god, "the dual god" who was both male and
female
nahuatl - Correct Answers -the language the aztecs spoke
quetzalcoatl - Correct Answers -primordial god of creation, a giver of life
coatlicue - Correct Answers -is the Aztec goddess who gave birth to the moon, stars,
and Huitzilopochtli
worship of huitzilopochtli - Correct Answers -the great god of war
tezcatlipoca - Correct Answers -the god of the nocturnal sky, god of the ancestral
memory, god of time and the Lord of the North, the embodiment of change through
conflict. Together with his eternal opposite Quetzalcoatl, he created the world.
codices - mendoza & florentine - Correct Answers -codex mendoza & florentine codex
spanish society - Correct Answers -clergy, nobles, and commoners
pecheros - Correct Answers -taxpayers
plateresque - Correct Answers -in the manner of a silversmith", was an artistic
movement, especially architectural, developed in Spain and its territories, which
appeared between the late Gothic
AND ANSWERS
in aztec legends their original homeland was called: - Correct Answers -aztlan
the following are true statements about spain in the 15th century, the period in which
christopher columbus sailed across the atlantic ocean to the americas except: - Correct
Answers -the catholic church did not influence education or government
the spaniard responsible for the conquest of mexico was named: - Correct Answers -
hernan cortes
the following are reasons why the spanish were successful in conquering the powerful
aztec empire except: - Correct Answers -all were reasons for their success
the reconquista that occurred in spain made spaniards devoted to christianity and a
sense of superiority over others - Correct Answers -true
in order to achieve expansion, conversion, and defensive settlement of the far north, the
spanish crown used several frontier institutions. these included the following except: -
Correct Answers -immigration offices
he was the leader of the mexican independence movement: - Correct Answers -miguel
de hidalgo
under the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo, signed february 2, 1848, mexico lost its vast
northern territories, which included california, new mexico, and arizona - Correct
Answers -true
the following are true statements of the mexican province of texas except: - Correct
Answers -anglo-americas assimilated to mexican culture
frontier arizona was called ________ by the spaniards: - Correct Answers -pimeria alta
, what was the reaction to the civil war by mexicans in the southwest? - Correct Answers
-mexicans considered it an anglo affair however, many joined the union or confederacy
he was known as the "robin hood of the rio grande." he witnessed the fraudulent
transfer of lands from mexicans to anglo hands in the 1850s: - Correct Answers -juan
cortina
the following statements are true regarding mexican americans in the southwest in the
early 20th century except: - Correct Answers -all statements are true regarding mexican
americans in the southwest
after the border patrol was created in 1925, the rate of illegal immigration from mexico
to the southwest went down greatly - Correct Answers -false
this organization which is still active today, adopted a constitution which stressed its
middle class goals of economic, political, and social rights for all mexican americans: -
Correct Answers -league of united latin american citizens
ometeotl - Correct Answers -the creator god, "the dual god" who was both male and
female
nahuatl - Correct Answers -the language the aztecs spoke
quetzalcoatl - Correct Answers -primordial god of creation, a giver of life
coatlicue - Correct Answers -is the Aztec goddess who gave birth to the moon, stars,
and Huitzilopochtli
worship of huitzilopochtli - Correct Answers -the great god of war
tezcatlipoca - Correct Answers -the god of the nocturnal sky, god of the ancestral
memory, god of time and the Lord of the North, the embodiment of change through
conflict. Together with his eternal opposite Quetzalcoatl, he created the world.
codices - mendoza & florentine - Correct Answers -codex mendoza & florentine codex
spanish society - Correct Answers -clergy, nobles, and commoners
pecheros - Correct Answers -taxpayers
plateresque - Correct Answers -in the manner of a silversmith", was an artistic
movement, especially architectural, developed in Spain and its territories, which
appeared between the late Gothic
