Mexican History Quiz Questions and Answers

Which ancient civilization carved giant stone heads?

Around which year was the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan founded?

Which Spanish conquistador led the conquest of the Aztec Empire?

Who was the Aztec emperor when Cortés arrived?

Who was the last Aztec emperor, who defended Tenochtitlan to the end?

In which year did Tenochtitlan fall to the Spanish and their allies?

Who was the Nahua woman who interpreted for Cortés?

What was colonial Mexico called?

From which Pacific port did the Manila galleons sail between New Spain and Asia?

Which 17th-century nun is counted among the greatest poets of the Spanish language?

Which priest's 1810 call, the 'Grito de Dolores', began the War of Independence?

Which woman, known as 'La Corregidora', warned the independence plotters in 1810?

Which priest led the independence movement after Hidalgo was executed?

In which year did Mexico win its independence?

Who became emperor of Mexico in 1822?

Who was the first president of Mexico?

Which territory declared its independence from Mexico in 1836?

Which Mexican leader commanded the army at the Battle of the Alamo?

Which treaty ended the Mexican–American War in 1848?

The Niños Héroes died defending which castle in 1847?

Which president, born into a Zapotec family, led the liberal Reform?

On May 5, 1862, which army did Mexico defeat at Puebla?

Which Austrian archduke was made emperor of Mexico with French support?

Which president ruled Mexico for more than 30 years before the Revolution?

In which year did the Mexican Revolution begin?

Who called for the uprising against Porfirio Díaz with the Plan of San Luis Potosí?

Which revolutionary fought under the slogan 'Tierra y libertad' (land and liberty)?

Pancho Villa's Division of the North was based in which state?

Mexico's current constitution dates from which year?

Which Mexican university traces its roots to the Royal University of Mexico, founded in 1551?

What is the name of Mexico's state oil company, created in 1938?

In which year did the railway between Mexico City and Veracruz open?

Whose tomb was found in 1952 inside the Temple of the Inscriptions at Palenque?

In which year did a huge earthquake hit Mexico City on September 19?

Which walled ancient city stands on cliffs above the Caribbean Sea in Quintana Roo?

Which city had the first printing press in the Americas, around 1539?

What were the farm plots the Aztecs built on the shallow lakes around Tenochtitlan called?

What were the Aztec Empire's professional long-distance merchants called?

The name 'Mexico' comes from which people?

The famous carved 'Aztec calendar' is better known as what?