MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY QUIZ
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What day of which month is Mexican Independence Day? From whom did they gain
their independence? In what year did they gain it? - Correct Answers -16 of September,
From the spanish and they gained in 1810
What was the first permanent ancient civilization to live in Mexico? - Correct Answers -
Teotihuacan
The ancient cities of Uxmal and Chichen Itza were primarily from what civilization? -
Correct Answers -They were from the Mayans.
Name one of the main colonial conspirators who led the fight for Independence -
Correct Answers -Dona Josefina told Ignacio Perez to tell everyone they were
discovered.
What happened to the conspirators? - Correct Answers -They were beheaded and their
heads were stuck in cages and put them on the corners of the building.
In which city did all the planning by the conspitators for independence take place? -
Correct Answers -In Queretaro.
Who led the Aztecs to current day Mexico City? What were they looking for? - Correct
Answers -Priests led them to the Valle de Mexico(Mexico CIty) Eagle eating a snake on
a cactus.
Why was Hernan Cortes originally welcomed by the Aztecs? - Correct Answers -They
believed that he was Herman Cortes was Quetzalcoatl
How large was the population of the valley at the time Cortes arrived? - Correct
Answers -Over 5,000,000 in the valle.
Why did the Aztecs perform so many human sacrifices? - Correct Answers -Sacrifices
were designed to keep the sun alive, believed they were in the fifth world, the other four
were destroyed by death of the sun and humanity.
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What day of which month is Mexican Independence Day? From whom did they gain
their independence? In what year did they gain it? - Correct Answers -16 of September,
From the spanish and they gained in 1810
What was the first permanent ancient civilization to live in Mexico? - Correct Answers -
Teotihuacan
The ancient cities of Uxmal and Chichen Itza were primarily from what civilization? -
Correct Answers -They were from the Mayans.
Name one of the main colonial conspirators who led the fight for Independence -
Correct Answers -Dona Josefina told Ignacio Perez to tell everyone they were
discovered.
What happened to the conspirators? - Correct Answers -They were beheaded and their
heads were stuck in cages and put them on the corners of the building.
In which city did all the planning by the conspitators for independence take place? -
Correct Answers -In Queretaro.
Who led the Aztecs to current day Mexico City? What were they looking for? - Correct
Answers -Priests led them to the Valle de Mexico(Mexico CIty) Eagle eating a snake on
a cactus.
Why was Hernan Cortes originally welcomed by the Aztecs? - Correct Answers -They
believed that he was Herman Cortes was Quetzalcoatl
How large was the population of the valley at the time Cortes arrived? - Correct
Answers -Over 5,000,000 in the valle.
Why did the Aztecs perform so many human sacrifices? - Correct Answers -Sacrifices
were designed to keep the sun alive, believed they were in the fifth world, the other four
were destroyed by death of the sun and humanity.
