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 % other

30 % 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
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La Llorona
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La Malinche
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