Mexican History || Questions and Correct Detailed Answers
Pre-Columbian correct answers Period of North and South American history before the arrival of
the Europeans in the late 15th century.
Olmec correct answers The first Mesoamerican civilization. Between ca. 1200 and 400 B.C.E.,
these people of central Mexico created a vibrant civilization that included intensive agriculture,
wide-ranging trade, ceremonial centers, and monumental construction.
Maya correct answers Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula
and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were
in mathematics, astronomy, and development of the calendar.
Teotihuacan correct answers first major metropolis in Mesoamerica, collapsed around 800 CE. It
is most remembered for the gigantic "pyramid of the sun".
Toltec correct answers a member of an American Indian people that flourished in Mexico before
the Aztecs.
Aztec correct answers (1200-1521) 1300, they settled in the valley of Mexico. Grew corn.
Engaged in frequent warfare to conquer others of the region. Worshipped many gods
(polytheistic). Believed the sun god needed human blood to continue his journeys across the sky.
Practiced human sacrifices and those sacrificed were captured warriors from other tribes and
those who volunteered for the honor.
Aztec Empire correct answers Major state that developed in what is now Mexico in the
fourteenth and fifteenth centuries; dominated by the seminomadic Mexica, who had migrated
into the region from northern Mexico.
Maya civilization (300-900 CE) correct answers Classical Mesoamerican civilization located on
the Yucatan Peninsula, used slash and burn farming, organized into city-states
,Tikal correct answers the largest ancient Mayan city in the northern part of Guatemala
Basin of Mexico correct answers - Housed Teotihuacan (modern Mexico City), Tula, and
Tenochtitlan
- Arid/semiarid climate
- "Highland"
Mesoamerica correct answers "Middle America" the region extending from modern-day Mexico
through Central America
Toltec Empire correct answers An empire that preceded the Aztecs in the Valley of Mexico. It is
not clear whether the Toltec controlled areas beyond their capital city.
Chichen Itza correct answers an ancient Mayan city located on the Yucatan Peninsula
Aztec Empire correct answers Central American empire constructed by the Mexica and expanded
greatly during the fifteenth century during the reigns of Itzcoatl and Motecuzoma I.
Azcapotzalco correct answers A town on the west side of the lake, occupied by Nahuatl-speaking
people called Tepanecs, noted as a bird- and slave-trading center and known for its silverwork. It
was one of the two most powerful polities around the lake until destroyed by the Triple Alliance.
Tenochtitlan correct answers Capital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco.
Its population was about 150,000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed
on its ruins.
Spanish conquest of Mexico correct answers 1519-1521
Mectezuma II correct answers Aztec ruler when Cortes and his army conquered the empire
, Hernan Cortes correct answers Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered
Mexico (1485-1547)
Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba correct answers Spanish explorer who left Santiago de Cuba to
explore shores of Southern Mexico
Old World correct answers the regions of the world that were known to Europeans before the
discovery of the Americas
Veracruz, Mexico correct answers Where did Hernan Cortez arrive at in the Americas?
Fall of Aztec Empire correct answers The Spanish took over the Aztec Empire, in hope of
discovering gold in 1519.
Yucatan correct answers Peninsula in Central America, home of the Maya.
Huitzilopochtli correct answers Aztec tribal patron god; central figure of cult of human sacrifice
and warfare; identified with old sun god
Smallpox correct answers The overall deadliest known disease in the history of the world. In the
20th century alone there were approximately 500,000,000 people who died of this disease.
Cuauhtemoc correct answers The Aztec military leader defeated by the Spanish conquerors.
Franciscians & Dominicans correct answers Priests that came to Mexico to convert Natives to
Roman Catholicism
Enconmienda correct answers A labor system set up by the Spanish government where Spanish
colonists could work the native Americans on their land while compensating them and agreeing
Pre-Columbian correct answers Period of North and South American history before the arrival of
the Europeans in the late 15th century.
Olmec correct answers The first Mesoamerican civilization. Between ca. 1200 and 400 B.C.E.,
these people of central Mexico created a vibrant civilization that included intensive agriculture,
wide-ranging trade, ceremonial centers, and monumental construction.
Maya correct answers Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula
and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were
in mathematics, astronomy, and development of the calendar.
Teotihuacan correct answers first major metropolis in Mesoamerica, collapsed around 800 CE. It
is most remembered for the gigantic "pyramid of the sun".
Toltec correct answers a member of an American Indian people that flourished in Mexico before
the Aztecs.
Aztec correct answers (1200-1521) 1300, they settled in the valley of Mexico. Grew corn.
Engaged in frequent warfare to conquer others of the region. Worshipped many gods
(polytheistic). Believed the sun god needed human blood to continue his journeys across the sky.
Practiced human sacrifices and those sacrificed were captured warriors from other tribes and
those who volunteered for the honor.
Aztec Empire correct answers Major state that developed in what is now Mexico in the
fourteenth and fifteenth centuries; dominated by the seminomadic Mexica, who had migrated
into the region from northern Mexico.
Maya civilization (300-900 CE) correct answers Classical Mesoamerican civilization located on
the Yucatan Peninsula, used slash and burn farming, organized into city-states
,Tikal correct answers the largest ancient Mayan city in the northern part of Guatemala
Basin of Mexico correct answers - Housed Teotihuacan (modern Mexico City), Tula, and
Tenochtitlan
- Arid/semiarid climate
- "Highland"
Mesoamerica correct answers "Middle America" the region extending from modern-day Mexico
through Central America
Toltec Empire correct answers An empire that preceded the Aztecs in the Valley of Mexico. It is
not clear whether the Toltec controlled areas beyond their capital city.
Chichen Itza correct answers an ancient Mayan city located on the Yucatan Peninsula
Aztec Empire correct answers Central American empire constructed by the Mexica and expanded
greatly during the fifteenth century during the reigns of Itzcoatl and Motecuzoma I.
Azcapotzalco correct answers A town on the west side of the lake, occupied by Nahuatl-speaking
people called Tepanecs, noted as a bird- and slave-trading center and known for its silverwork. It
was one of the two most powerful polities around the lake until destroyed by the Triple Alliance.
Tenochtitlan correct answers Capital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco.
Its population was about 150,000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed
on its ruins.
Spanish conquest of Mexico correct answers 1519-1521
Mectezuma II correct answers Aztec ruler when Cortes and his army conquered the empire
, Hernan Cortes correct answers Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered
Mexico (1485-1547)
Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba correct answers Spanish explorer who left Santiago de Cuba to
explore shores of Southern Mexico
Old World correct answers the regions of the world that were known to Europeans before the
discovery of the Americas
Veracruz, Mexico correct answers Where did Hernan Cortez arrive at in the Americas?
Fall of Aztec Empire correct answers The Spanish took over the Aztec Empire, in hope of
discovering gold in 1519.
Yucatan correct answers Peninsula in Central America, home of the Maya.
Huitzilopochtli correct answers Aztec tribal patron god; central figure of cult of human sacrifice
and warfare; identified with old sun god
Smallpox correct answers The overall deadliest known disease in the history of the world. In the
20th century alone there were approximately 500,000,000 people who died of this disease.
Cuauhtemoc correct answers The Aztec military leader defeated by the Spanish conquerors.
Franciscians & Dominicans correct answers Priests that came to Mexico to convert Natives to
Roman Catholicism
Enconmienda correct answers A labor system set up by the Spanish government where Spanish
colonists could work the native Americans on their land while compensating them and agreeing
