Karen Kraft
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Cinco De Mayo Test
(No Cheating!)
1. Cinco de Mayo commemorates Mexico's defeat of an army from:
a) Spain.
b) Texas.
c) France.
d) England.
2. The victory celebrated on Cinco de Mayo took place in 1862. How long was it before the enemy was actually ousted from Mexico?
a) Five years.
b) 10 years.
c) Six months.
d) 15 years.
3. The whole thing started over:
a) Gold.
b) Money.
c) Religious identity.
d) Agricultural land.
4. Cinco de Mayo is celebrated primarily in:
a) The United States.
b) The Mexican state of Puebla.
c) Mexico City.
d) Both a) and b).
5. The Mexican figure most closely associated with Cinco de Mayo is:
a) Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
b) Gen. Ignacio Zaragoza.
c) Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.
d) Paulina Rubio.
6. The United States didn't intervene because:
a) It was pursuing an isolationist policy.
b) It favored France, a valued trading partner.
c) It was consumed by its own internal problems.
d) The governor of Texas asked that it not.
7. The president of Mexico at the time was:
a) Porfirio Díaz.
b) Benito Juárez.
c) Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
d) Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
8. One group of Mexicans sided with the French. They were:
a) Conservative landholders.
b) Peasants.
c) Zapotec Indians.
d) Both b) and c).
The correct answers will be posted in half an hour. Please do not look at your neighbor’s paper.
(No Cheating!)
1. Cinco de Mayo commemorates Mexico's defeat of an army from:
a) Spain.
b) Texas.
c) France.
d) England.
2. The victory celebrated on Cinco de Mayo took place in 1862. How long was it before the enemy was actually ousted from Mexico?
a) Five years.
b) 10 years.
c) Six months.
d) 15 years.
3. The whole thing started over:
a) Gold.
b) Money.
c) Religious identity.
d) Agricultural land.
4. Cinco de Mayo is celebrated primarily in:
a) The United States.
b) The Mexican state of Puebla.
c) Mexico City.
d) Both a) and b).
5. The Mexican figure most closely associated with Cinco de Mayo is:
a) Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
b) Gen. Ignacio Zaragoza.
c) Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.
d) Paulina Rubio.
6. The United States didn't intervene because:
a) It was pursuing an isolationist policy.
b) It favored France, a valued trading partner.
c) It was consumed by its own internal problems.
d) The governor of Texas asked that it not.
7. The president of Mexico at the time was:
a) Porfirio Díaz.
b) Benito Juárez.
c) Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
d) Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
8. One group of Mexicans sided with the French. They were:
a) Conservative landholders.
b) Peasants.
c) Zapotec Indians.
d) Both b) and c).
The correct answers will be posted in half an hour. Please do not look at your neighbor’s paper.
