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Viva Mexico — What do you know about our favorite vacation spot and southern neighbor?

1. What is the most northern major Mexican city? a) Monterrey b) Tijuana c) Chihuahua

2. What is the largest island in Mexico? a) Cozumel b) Tiburon c) Isla Mujeres

3. What native empire originally founded Mexico City as Tenochtitlan? a) Incas b) Toltecs c) Aztecs

4. What general direction is Guadalajara from Mexico City? a) northwest b) north c) southwest

5. What is Mexico’s second-busiest airport by passenger traffic? a) Mexico City b) Cancun c) Los Cabos

6. How many volcanoes in Mexico are currently classified as active? a) zero b) one to 20 c) more than 20

7. What other country is closest in physical size to Mexico? a) Australia b) Indonesia c) Ukraine

8. In what Mexican state are the popular tourist destinations of Cancun and Playa Del Carmen? a) Yucatan b) Campeche c) Quintana Roo

9. What is interesting about where Mexico City was originally built? a) it was built in a dormant volcano b) it was built over water c) it was built on the longest river in Mexico

10. What country forms most of Mexico’s southern border? a) Honduras b) Guatemala c) Costa Rica

Answers

1. Tijuana; 2. Tiburon; 3. Aztecs; 4. northwest; 5. Cancun; 6. more than 20; 7. Indonesia; 8. Quintana Roo; 9. it was built over water; 10. Guatemala

Ken Gooden of Denver works in commercial real estate and is a travel and geography addict.