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  1. Complete the sentence about Mexico City with the correct year: If it were an independent country in ______, Mexico City would have been the fifth-largest economy in Latin America.
  2. Complete the sentence about Mexico City with the correct year: After the ______ siege of Tenochtitlan, it was nearly destroyed and then rebuilt according to Spanish urban standards.
  3. Complete the sentence about Guadalajara with the correct year: A settlement was established in the region of Guadalajara in early ______ by Cristóbal de Oñate, a Basque conquistador in the expedition…
  4. Complete the sentence about Guadalajara with the correct year: During the Mexican War of Independence, independence leader Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla established Mexico's first revolutionary government…
  5. Complete the sentence about Guadalajara with the correct year: In ______, the Cristero War ended within the confines of the city, when President Plutarco Elías Calles proclaimed the Grito de Guadalaja…
  6. Complete the sentence about Monterrey with the correct year: The uninterrupted settlement of Monterrey began with its founding by Diego de Montemayor in ______.
  7. Complete the sentence about Monterrey with the correct year: The city experienced great industrial growth following the establishment of the Monterrey Foundry in ______.
  8. Complete the sentence about Puebla with the correct year: Due to its history and architectural styles ranging from Renaissance to Mexican Baroque, the city was named a World Heritage Site in ______.
  9. Complete the sentence about Puebla with the correct year: The city was founded in ______ within the Valley of Cuetlaxcoapan as a Spanish city, not on the foundation of an existing indigenous city-stat…
  10. Complete the sentence about Tijuana with the correct year: The city was incorporated on 11 July ______ as urban development began.
  11. Complete the sentence about Ciudad Juárez with the correct year: In ______, fDi Magazine designated Ciudad Juárez "The City of the Future".
  12. Complete the sentence about Ciudad Juárez with the correct year: In ______ during the Pueblo Revolt, most of the Piro Pueblo and some of the Tiwa people branch of the Pueblo became refugees.
  13. Complete the sentence about Ciudad Juárez with the correct year: Presidio del Nuestra Senora del Pilar del Paso del Rio Norte was established near the Mission in ______.
  14. Complete the sentence about León, Guanajuato with the correct year: In March ______, it received an award as "City Water Champion", mainly due to great progress in the areas of sanitation, wastewater…
  15. Complete the sentence about León, Guanajuato with the correct year: In ______, Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán arrived with allied Purépecha Indians to the area, naming it Nuestra Señora.
  16. Complete the sentence about León, Guanajuato with the correct year: As a response, viceroy Martín Enríquez de Almanza ordered the founding of a city here, with the name of León in ______.
  17. Complete the sentence about León, Guanajuato with the correct year: To carry out the order, Juan Bautista de Orozco founded the village of León on 20 January ______, creating its first town council an…
  18. Complete the sentence about Zapopan with the correct year: The municipal seal, designed by José Trinidad Laris in ______, commemorates the 400th anniversary of Zapopan's founding.
  19. Complete the sentence about Zapopan with the correct year: In ______, Zapopan was named as the seat of one of the 26 departments of the newly created state of Jalisco.
  20. Complete the sentence about Hermosillo with the correct year: The Spanish explorers were followed by Jesuit missionaries in the state of Sonora around ______.
  21. Complete the sentence about Hermosillo with the correct year: Eusebio Francisco Kino arrived in ______, founding a mission in nearby Cucurpe.
  22. Complete the sentence about Saltillo with the correct year: Founded in ______ by Conquistador Alberto del Canto as Villa de Santiago del Saltillo, it is one of the oldest post-conquest settlements in…
  23. Complete the sentence about Culiacán with the correct year: Located within the Culiacán Municipality, the city was founded on 29 September ______, by the Spanish conquistadors Lázaro de Cebreros and N…
  24. Complete the sentence about Culiacán with the correct year: The city known today as Culiacán was co-founded in ______ by conquistadors Lázaro de Cebreros and Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán under the name "Vil…
  25. Complete the sentence about Veracruz, Veracruz with the correct year: The Spanish captain Juan de Grijalva, along with Bernal Díaz del Castillo, first arrived in ______ at the island later known as Sa…
  26. Complete the sentence about Querétaro with the correct year: For many years, the official name of the state was Querétaro Arteaga, but in ______ the State Legislature approved the adoption of the simp…
  27. Complete the sentence about Querétaro with the correct year: The Sierra Gorda was made a biosphere reserve in ______, the Reserva de la Biosfera de la Sierra Gorda, to protect its abundance of species…
  28. Complete the sentence about Morelia with the correct year: In ______, this rivalry ended in Valladolid's favor, and it became the capital of the viceregal province.
  29. Complete the sentence about Morelia with the correct year: In ______, the city was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its well-preserved historical buildings and layout of the historic center.
  30. Complete the sentence about Chihuahua, Chihuahua with the correct year: The city was founded on October 12, ______, by Blas Cano de los Rios and Antonio Deza y Ulloa, a Spanish explorer, as El Real de…
  31. Complete the sentence about Tampico with the correct year: The first oil well in Mexico was drilled near Tampico in ______ at Ébano.
  32. Complete the sentence about Tampico with the correct year: At his request, Spanish officials founded a settlement named San Luis de Tampico in ______.
  33. Complete the sentence about Tampico with the correct year: The first oil well in Mexico was drilled near Tampico at Ébano, S.L.P., in ______, by Californian Edward Doheny, who founded the Mexican Petr…
  34. Complete the sentence about Oaxaca City with the correct year: The city, together with the nearby archeological site of Monte Albán, was designated in ______ as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  35. Complete the sentence about Oaxaca City with the correct year: When the Spanish arrived in ______, the Zapotec and the Mixtec were involved in one of their many wars.
  36. Complete the sentence about Oaxaca City with the correct year: The first Spanish expedition to Oaxaca arrived late in ______, headed by Captain Francisco de Orozco, who was accompanied by 400 Aztec wa…
  37. Complete the sentence about Villahermosa with the correct year: In ______, King Philip II of Spain named the city "Villa Hermosa of San Juan Bautista", and granted it use of a royal shield on its coat…
  38. Complete the sentence about Villahermosa with the correct year: On July 24, ______, King Philip II of Spain granted the village of San Juan Bautista the title of Villa Hermosa de San Juan Bautista, an…
  39. Complete the sentence about Villahermosa with the correct year: In ______, State Congress adopted the city's coat of arms as the official shield of the State of Tabasco.
  40. Complete the sentence about Tuxtla Gutiérrez with the correct year: After the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, and the subjugation of the local Chiapan people in ______, the Dominicans constructe…
  41. Complete the sentence about Durango, Durango with the correct year: Durango was founded on 8 July ______, by the Spanish explorer Francisco de Ibarra.
  42. Complete the sentence about Durango, Durango with the correct year: The official name of the city became Victoria de Durango in ______, in honor of Guadalupe Victoria, the first president of Mexico an…
  43. Complete the sentence about Campeche with the correct year: The formation of the state began with the city, which was founded in ______ as the Spanish began the conquest of the Yucatán Peninsula.
  44. Complete the sentence about Campeche with the correct year: When the Spanish first arrived to the area in ______, they called it Lazaro, since "the day of our landing was St.
  45. Complete the sentence about Taxco with the correct year: The Spanish discovered silver lodes here in around ______, which started commercial silver mining in the area.
  46. Complete the sentence about Taxco with the correct year: When the modern state of Guerrero was created in ______, Taxco was chosen to be the seat of the municipality of the same name.
  47. Complete the sentence about Taxco with the correct year: During the Mexican War of Independence, it was taken by Hermenegildo Galeana in ______.
  48. Complete the sentence with the correct year: During the Reform Wars, it was taken by Porfirio Diaz in ______.
  49. Complete the sentence about Mazatlán with the correct year: The city was colonized in ______ by the Conquistadors where many indigenous people lived.
  50. Complete the sentence about Mazatlán with the correct year: The settlers established the Pacifico Brewery on 14 March ______.
  51. Complete the sentence about Mazatlán with the correct year: By decree of the Estado de Occidente, on September 11, ______, Presidio of Mazatlán was renamed Villa of the Union.
  52. Complete the sentence about Mazatlán with the correct year: The nearest town was Chametla, which was occupied by the Spanish in ______, and lent its name to the province, despite being abandoned short…
  53. Complete the sentence about Mazatlán with the correct year: In ______, the Valley of Mazatlán was divided into 25 Castellanos by an unknown person who did not stay there for long.
  54. Complete the sentence about Puerto Vallarta with the correct year: As early as ______, rogue conquistadores and their slaves turned to piracy shortly after establishing the village of Santa María la A…
  55. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, they used the Pacific's Panama Bay as a base for pirating operations.
  56. Complete the sentence about Puerto Vallarta with the correct year: Native tribes later attacked Darién and briefly retook control in ______.
  57. Complete the sentence about Cabo San Lucas with the correct year: The actual founder of Cabo San Lucas was Cipriano Ceseña in ______ who arrived from Hermosillo, Sonora.
  58. Complete the sentence about Cabo San Lucas with the correct year: In ______, an American company built a floating platform to catch tuna, and ten years later founded Compañía de Productos Marinos S.A.
  59. Complete the sentence about Playa del Carmen with the correct year: The city is home to Inter Playa del Carmen, an association football club founded in ______.
  60. Complete the sentence about Cozumel with the correct year: The first Spanish expedition to visit Cozumel was led by Juan de Grijalva in ______.
  61. Complete the sentence about Cozumel with the correct year: In ______, Lincoln did manage to establish a short-lived colony of ex-slaves on Île à Vache off the coast of Haiti.
  62. Complete the sentence about Tulum with the correct year: Tulum was first mentioned by Juan Díaz, a member of Juan de Grijalva's Spanish expedition of ______, the first Europeans to spot Tulum.
  63. Complete the sentence about Tulum with the correct year: The first detailed description of the ruins was published by John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood in ______ in the book Incidents of Tr…
  64. Complete the sentence about Tulum with the correct year: Through these later investigations done by Sanders and Miller, it has been determined that Tulum was occupied during the late Postclassic perio…
  65. Complete the sentence about Chichen Itza with the correct year: The land under the monuments had been privately owned until 29 March ______, when it was purchased by the state of Yucatán.
  66. Complete the sentence about Palenque with the correct year: Little was known about the first of these, Bʼutz Aj Sak Chiik, until ______, when a tablet was found describing a ritual for the king.
  67. Complete the sentence about Uxmal with the correct year: The Mexican government's first project to protect some of the structures from risk of collapse or further decay came in ______.
  68. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, Eulalia Guzmán assisted with the excavation of Tomb 7.
  69. Complete the sentence about Tenochtitlan with the correct year: The city was the capital of the expanding Aztec Empire in the 15th century until it was captured by the Tlaxcaltec and the Spanish in __…
  70. Complete the sentence about Tenochtitlan with the correct year: The earliest European images of the city were woodcuts published in Augsburg around ______.
  71. Complete the sentence about Templo Mayor with the correct year: The temple was almost totally destroyed by the Spanish in ______, and Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral was built nearby.
  72. Complete the sentence about Templo Mayor with the correct year: The site is part of the Historic Center of Mexico City, which was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in ______.
  73. Complete the sentence about Templo Mayor with the correct year: In ______, the largest known expansion of the temple took place under the guidance of Moctezuma I.
  74. Complete the sentence about Chapultepec Castle with the correct year: In ______, President Manuel González declared it the official residence of the president.
  75. Complete the sentence about Chapultepec Castle with the correct year: In ______, Viceroy Bernardo de Gálvez ordered the construction of a stately home for himself at the highest point of Chapultepec H…
  76. Complete the sentence about Chapultepec Castle with the correct year: Viceroy de Gálvez died suddenly on November 8, ______, fueling speculation that he was poisoned.
  77. Complete the sentence about Chapultepec Castle with the correct year: In ______, German scientist Alexander von Humboldt visited the site and condemned the Royal Treasury's sale of the palace's window…
  78. Complete the sentence about Chapultepec Castle with the correct year: In ______, the building was bought by the municipal government of Mexico City.
  79. Complete the sentence about Xochimilco with the correct year: The borough of Xochimilco was created in ______, when the federal government reorganized the Federal District of Mexico City into sixteen…
  80. Complete the sentence about Coyoacán with the correct year: In ______, the area was incorporated into the then Federal District when this district was expanded.
  81. Complete the sentence about Coyoacán with the correct year: In ______, the borough was created when the Federal District was divided into sixteen boroughs.
  82. Complete the sentence about Coyoacán with the correct year: The Project for Public Spaces ranked the neighborhood as one of the best urban spaces to live in North America in ______ and is the only Mex…
  83. Complete the sentence about Torre Latinoamericana with the correct year: The skyscraper notably withstood the 8.1 magnitude ______ Mexico City earthquake without damage, whereas several other structur…
  84. Complete the sentence about Torre Latinoamericana with the correct year: The Latinoamericana Tower opened its doors on April 30, ______.
  85. Complete the sentence about Torre Latinoamericana with the correct year: The Torre Latinoamericana was built to headquarter La Latinoamericana, Seguros, S.A., an insurance company founded on April 30…
  86. Complete the sentence about Iztaccíhuatl with the correct year: The first recorded ascent was made in ______, though archaeological evidence suggests the Mexica and previous cultures climbed it previo…
  87. Complete the sentence about Paricutín with the correct year: The volcano surged suddenly from the cornfield of local farmer Dionisio Pulido in ______, attracting both popular and scientific attention.
  88. Complete the sentence about Paricutín with the correct year: In ______ there was a vigorous swarm of 230 earthquakes in the Parícutin area due to tectonic movement, with five above 3.9 on the moment m…
  89. Complete the sentence about Yucatán Peninsula with the correct year: The independent Mayan state of Chan Santa Cruz was conquered by the Mexican federal army in ______.
  90. Complete the sentence about Baja California Peninsula with the correct year: The earliest known mention of the idea of California was in the ______ romance novel Las Sergas de Esplandián by Spanish au…
  91. Complete the sentence about Baja California Peninsula with the correct year: The map was printed in ______ in Hamburg and Leipzig and became one of the best-known maps of northern New Spain.
  92. Complete the sentence about Gulf of Mexico with the correct year: Up to ______, European maps depicted the gulf, though left it unlabeled.
  93. Complete the sentence about Gulf of California with the correct year: All of them as a whole were enacted as "Area Reserve and Migratory Bird Refuge and Wildlife" on August 2, ______.
  94. Complete the sentence about Gulf of California with the correct year: In June ______, the islands were designated a flora and fauna protection area.
  95. Complete the sentence about Gulf of California with the correct year: Melchior Diaz, an explorer under Cortés, managed to reach the northern boundary of the gulf in ______.
  96. Complete the sentence about Colorado River with the correct year: In the 1500s, Spanish explorers began mapping and claiming the watershed, which became part of Mexico upon winning its independence fr…
  97. Complete the sentence about Usumacinta River with the correct year: In ______ Jefferey Wilkerson's groundbreaking article in National Geographic brought the river and its glories to widespread public…
  98. Complete the sentence about Usumacinta River with the correct year: Carlos Salinas de Gortari proposed a smaller but still monumental hydro project in ______, and completed the periferico surrounding…
  99. Complete the sentence about Balsas River with the correct year: In ______, it was subordinated to the Balsas River Commission.
  100. Complete the sentence about Lake Chapala with the correct year: The level rebounded until ______, when Lake Chapala's water level began rapidly decreasing due to increases in urban water consumption.

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