THE HISTORY OF MEXICO EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1521 -answer-Tenichtitlan fell to the Spanish and their allies led by Hernan Cortes
1535 -answer-Spain officially established the colony of New Spain
1542 -answer-Spanish authorities declared slavery of indigenous people illegal
September 16, 1810 -answer-Date celebrated as Mexico's Independence Day
1836 -answer-Texan settlers declared independence from Mexico
1845 -answer-Texas becomes the 28th state of the United States of America
1848 -answer-Mexican government signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
1910 -answer-Mexican Revolution begins
Nahuatl -answer-The language that the Aztecs spoke
New Spain -answer-The colony that the Spanish acquired from the Aztecs. It was
established in 1535, and by the 1670s New Spain was the richest and most
populous Spanish colony.
Mexican Cession -answer-Area of the present-day United States that Mexico agreed
to give up as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-
American War. This territory included all of the present-day states of California,
Nevada, and Utah and also parts of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and
Wyoming.
Mestizos -answer-Mixed race
Miguel Hidalgo -answer-A criollo priest. Organized the army against Spanish rule to
attack peninsulares.
Peninsulares -answer-Whites born in Spain
Muralist Movement -answer-Most of the work came out in the 1930s, 1940s. The
murals were to: 1) historical story telling (to teach pride) and 2) social criticism (to
challenge the social structure that existed in their time period {class struggle})
~Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siquieros
David Siqueiros -answer-One of the muralists
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1521 -answer-Tenichtitlan fell to the Spanish and their allies led by Hernan Cortes
1535 -answer-Spain officially established the colony of New Spain
1542 -answer-Spanish authorities declared slavery of indigenous people illegal
September 16, 1810 -answer-Date celebrated as Mexico's Independence Day
1836 -answer-Texan settlers declared independence from Mexico
1845 -answer-Texas becomes the 28th state of the United States of America
1848 -answer-Mexican government signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
1910 -answer-Mexican Revolution begins
Nahuatl -answer-The language that the Aztecs spoke
New Spain -answer-The colony that the Spanish acquired from the Aztecs. It was
established in 1535, and by the 1670s New Spain was the richest and most
populous Spanish colony.
Mexican Cession -answer-Area of the present-day United States that Mexico agreed
to give up as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-
American War. This territory included all of the present-day states of California,
Nevada, and Utah and also parts of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and
Wyoming.
Mestizos -answer-Mixed race
Miguel Hidalgo -answer-A criollo priest. Organized the army against Spanish rule to
attack peninsulares.
Peninsulares -answer-Whites born in Spain
Muralist Movement -answer-Most of the work came out in the 1930s, 1940s. The
murals were to: 1) historical story telling (to teach pride) and 2) social criticism (to
challenge the social structure that existed in their time period {class struggle})
~Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siquieros
David Siqueiros -answer-One of the muralists
