| A | B |
|---|
| colony | overseas settlement of a foreign country |
| Aztec | Originally called the Mexica, these early Native Americans lived in central Mexico, built Tenochtitlan and were conquered by Cortes. |
| Maya | Ancient Native Americans who settled in Yucatan Penninsula region |
| mestizo | person of mixed Spanish and Native American descent |
| 60% | % of Mexican population that are mestizos |
| Hernan Cortes | leader of the Spanish army that defeated Montezuma and the Aztec |
| Mexica | early Native American people who moved into central Mexico aroud A.D. 1200 |
| Roman Catholic | religion of 90% of Mexicans today |
| 1821 | Year Mexico got its independence from Spain |
| murals | wall paintings |
| Spain | Mexico was a colony of this European country. |
| federal republic | modern Mexico's form of government |
| Independent Revolutionary Party (PRI) | political party that led Mexico for many years |
| 365 day calendar | What did Mayan priests develop to measure time accurately? |
| Father Miguel Hidalgo | Who led an army of Mexican peasants in a revolt for independence against Spanish rule in 1810? |
| Emiliano Zapata | Who commanded a rebel army that in 1910 swooped down and siezed many large haciendas and divided the captured land among the poor? |
| 1519 | year the Spanish army led by Hernan Cortes landed on Mecico's Gulf Coast |
| Texas | northern province of Mexico that fought for independence from Mexico and asked to join the United States |
| lake | Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire, was built in the middle of a... |
