History of Mexico

1. Who was the first European explorer to arrive in Mexico?

• a) Christopher Columbus
  

• b) Hernán Cortés
  

• c) Vasco Núñez de Balboa
  

• d) Juan Ponce de León

2. What ancient civilization was living in Mexico when the European explorers arrived?

• a) The Aztecs
  

• b) The Inuits
  

• c) The Puebloan
  

• d) The Mississippian

3. In what year did Hernán Cortés arrive in Mexico?

• a) 1492
  

• b) 1519
  

• c) 1607

• d) 1776

4. What was the capital city of the Aztec Empire?

• a) Monte Albán

• b) Chichenitza

• c) Tenochtitlán

• d) Palenque

5. 5. How long did the Spanish rule in Mexico?

• a) Nearly 100 years

• b) Nearly 200 years

• c) Nearly 300 years

• d) Nearly 400 years

6. 6. What was the name of the Spanish colony in Mexico?

• a) Mexico

• b) Colombia

• c) New Spain

• d) Louisiana

7. 7. The new Spanish colony in America included only what today is Mexico.

• True

• False

8. 8. Which was the name of the system of rule that the Spanish set up to control the land and people in their American colony?

• a) Republic

• b) Viceroyalties

• c) Democracy

• b) Monarchy

9. 9. When did Mexico gain its independence from Spain?

• a) 1521

• b) 1810

• c) 1821

• d) 1910

10. 10. Who is known as the “Father of Mexican Independence”?

• a) Emiliano Zapata

• b) Miguel Hidalgo

• c) Benito Juárez

• d) Pancho Villa