Mexico Map Quiz (32 Items) - Practice Flashcards

32-question Q&A flashcards covering Mexican states and places referenced in the notes.

In which Mexican state was famous artist José Guadalupe Posada born?

Aguascalientes

Tijuana is located in which Mexican border state?

Baja California

El Arco de los Cabos unites the Pacific with the Sea of Cortés in which Mexican state?

Baja California Sur

The walls and balusters along the coast of which state once fortified against pirate attacks by Francis Drake in the 17th century?

Veracruz

Which state generates more than half of Mexico's hydroelectric power and produces the majority of the country's coffee, yet has more than 75% of its population living below the poverty line?

Chiapas

The Tarahumara (Rarámuri) people are from which state?

Chihuahua

Tenochtitlán is located in what modern-day state?

Mexico City

Nachos were invented in Piedras Negras, which state?

Coahuila

The western state that is home to Volcán de Fuego is which state?

Colima

Pancho Villa was born in which state?

Durango

The Mexicable cable car system was constructed in which state?

Estado de México

The naturally mummified bodies reside in a museum in which state?

Guanajuato

Taxco is located in which state?

Guerrero

El Santo hailed from which state?

Hidalgo

Tequila and mariachi originated in which state?

Jalisco

Monarch butterflies migrate to which state in Mexico to hibernate?

Michoacán

Cuernavaca is in which state?

Morelos

Terra cotta figurines from which state's red clay soil are among the earliest extant pre-Columbian artifacts?

Oaxaca

San Pedro Garza García is located in which state?

Nuevo León

Chapulines are a popular street food in which state?

Oaxaca

The largest Volkswagen factory outside Germany is in which state?

Puebla

Maximilian’s execution site Hill of the Bells is in which state?

Querétaro

Cancún is located in which state?

Quintana Roo

Las Pozas in Xilitla is in which state?

San Luis Potosí

Jesús Malverde shrine is found in which state?

Sinaloa

The desert where the saguaro cactus grows in the wild is in which state?

Sonora

AMLO is nicknamed 'el peje,' native to his southern home state of which state?

Tabasco

The train La Bestia runs from Chiapas to which state?

Baja California

People from which state are maligned for their ancestors having sided with Cortés and the Spanish during the conquest of México?

Tlaxcala

A resident of Xalapa, capital of which state, is known as a Jalapeño or Jalapeña?

Veracruz

The ruins of Chichén Itzá are in which state?

Yucatán

The largest silver mine in colonial Mexico was located in which state, where today you can ride a train to the El Edén nightclub?

Zacatecas