世界各国文化历史介绍-All About Mexico PowerPoint

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toknowWhatIhavelearnedMexico’sHistoryTimeline1500-400BC:Mexico’sfirstmajorcivilization,theOlmecs,emerge.AD300-900:ClassicPeriod:TeotihuacánandMayan

civilizationsthrive.1325-1428:TheAztecsmigratetoMexico’scentralvalleyandgraduallyestablishasthemostpowerfulforceincentralMexico.1517:ThefirstEuropeansvisitMexico.1519-1521:HernánCortésarriveswithtroopsandconquersMexico.TheAzteccapitalofTenochtitlanisdestroyed.MexicoCityisrebuiltontheremains.1521-1820:MexicoisunderSpanishruleandisincludedintheViceroyaltyofNewSpain.Mexico’sHistoryTimeline1810-1821:The“CryofDolores”spokenbyCatholicpriest,MiguelHidalgoyCostilla,sparksrevoltagainstSpanishcontrol.TheMexicanWarofIndependenceragesonuntil1821.August24,1821:MexicofinallygainsindependencefromSpainin1821.1846-1848:Mexican-AmericanWar.1910-1920:MexicanRevolutionendsintheestablishmentofaconstitutionalrepublic.1942:MexicodeclareswaronGermanyandJapan.1968:MexicohoststheOlympicGames.1985:MassiveearthquakehitsMexicoCity,approximately10,000werekilled.Mexico’sFlagGreen,white,andredwiththenationalcoatofarmsinthecenterofthewhitestripe.GreenStripe:hopeWhiteStripe:unityRedStripe:bloodofheroesMexico’sGeographyLocatedonthecontinentofNorthAmericaOfficialnameisUnitedMexicanStatesCapitalCity:MexicoCityMexico’sGeographyThirdlargestcountryinLatinAmerica14thlargestnationintheworldBorderstheUnitedStatesofAmerica,Guatemala,andBelizeSurroundedbythePacificOcean,GulfofMexico,andtheCaribbeanSeaMexico’sGeographyCapital:MexicoCityMostpopulatedcityinMexicoLocatedintheValleyofMexicoOldestcapitalcityinNorthandSouthAmericaLargestSpanish-speakingcityintheworldPhysicalFeaturesCopperCanyon:largegroupofcanyonslocatedin

northwesternMexicoincludesBasaseachicFalls,

Mexico’ssecond-highestwaterfallChihuahuanDesert:secondlargestdesertin

NorthAmerica

LacandonJungle:largestmontanerainforestin

NorthAmericaLandmarks

ChichenItza:MayanruinslocatedontheYucatánPeninsula.OnceoneofthelargestMayacitiesandnowoneofthemostvisitedarcheologicallocationsinMexico.Teotihuacan:establishedinapproximately100BC.ItwastheAzteccapitaluntilitwasconqueredbySpainin1521.RuinsofthisbeautifulcitycanstillbeseeninpresentdayMexicoCity.PhotocourtesyofArianZwegers

(@)-grantedundercreativecommonslicence–attributionPhotocourtesyofPaula_Mondragon(@)-grantedundercreativecommonslicence–attributionClimate

Mexico’sclimatevariesgreatlydependingonlocation.TheTropicofCancerdividesthecountryintotemperateandtropicalzones.TheareanorthoftheTropicofCancerexperiencesamorevariedclimateincludingcoldertemperaturesinthewinter.TheareasouthoftheTropicofCancerishotandhumidandexperiencesonlysmallchangesintemperature.Mexicoalsohasdryandwetseasons.WetSeason:May-OctoberDrySeason:November-AprilCulture

SpanishisthemostspokenlanguageinMexico.MexicohoststhelargestnumberofNativeAmericanlanguagespeakersinNorthAmerica.ThelargestreligioninMexicoistheRomanCatholicreligion.FootballisthemostpopularteamsportinMexico.MexicanFood

Mole:ageneralnameforavarietyofdifferentsaucesusedinMexicancooking.CornisaveryimportantstapleinMexicanfood.ItisusedinamultitudeofMexicandishesbutmostcommonlyintheformoftortillas.PopularMexicancuisineincludestacos,enchiladas,elote,guacamole,andtamales.Holidays&CelebrationsDiadelosMuertos(DayoftheDead):November1st–2ndeachyear.Atimetorememberandcelebratelovedoneswhohavepassedaway.Altarsarecreatedanddecoratedwithfavoriteitemsandfoodofthedeceasedasawaytoenticethemtoreturn.SugarSkulls:oneofthemostwell-knownDayoftheDeaddecorations.Theselittledecorationsaretypicallymadefromgranulatedwhitesugaranddecoratedwithbrightpatterns.Calaca:theseskeletonsareaverypopularDayoftheDeadtradition.Theyareoftenadornedwithmarigoldandfoliageandaremeanttobejoyfulratherthanscary.Holidays&CelebrationsDiezySeis:Mexico’sIndependenceDaySeptember16th

OnSeptember16,1810,FatherMiguelHidalgo

beganarevoltagainsttheSpanishrule.CryofDolores:firstspokenbyHidalgointhetown