Prompt: This informal demonym is commonly used for people from Mexico City.
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Mexico City · RECALLThis informal demonym is commonly used for people from Mexico City.Think it. Then flip it.
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Mexico City
Lake-basin origins, Mexica history, modern art, markets and city life
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- 01Local names and everyday life5 cards · ~1 min
- 02Land and water3 cards · ~1 min
- 03History and neighborhoods3 cards · ~1 min
- 04Arts and landmarks3 cards · ~1 min
- 05Food and everyday life3 cards · ~1 min
- 06Movement and civic life3 cards · ~1 min
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Prompt: Mexico City uses this Spanish term for each of its sixteen local administrative divisions.
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Mexico City · RECALLMexico City uses this Spanish term for each of its sixteen local administrative divisions.Think it. Then flip it.
Prompt: Mexico City residents use this Nahuatl-derived word for an open-air market.
Local KnowledgeA little curiosity
Mexico City · RECALLMexico City residents use this Nahuatl-derived word for an open-air market.Think it. Then flip it.
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01This informal demonym is commonly used for people from Mexico City.RECALL
02Mexico City uses this Spanish term for each of its sixteen local administrative divisions.RECALL
AlcaldíaThe divisions replaced the earlier delegación terminology.
Share this card ↗Source: Boroughs of Mexico City ↗03Mexico City residents use this Nahuatl-derived word for an open-air market.RECALL
04In Mexico City, this word commonly means a filled bread-roll sandwich.RECALL
05Drivers in Mexico City use this word for speed bumps.RECALL
06The Mexica capital beneath modern Mexico City stood on an island in this lake.RECALL
07This vast Mexico City park contains a hilltop castle and the National Museum of Anthropology.RECALL
08This southern Mexico City area preserves canals and chinampa agriculture.RECALL
XochimilcoChinampas are cultivated plots built in shallow lake environments.
Share this card ↗Source: Xochimilco ↗09This Mexica capital fell in 1521 and lies beneath Mexico City's historic center.RECALL
TenochtitlanCauseways connected the island city to the mainland.
Share this card ↗Source: Tenochtitlan ↗10Frida Kahlo's Blue House stands in this southern Mexico City district.RECALL
CoyoacánThe district preserves plazas and colonial-era buildings.
Share this card ↗Source: Coyoacán ↗11Mexico City's central square faces the Metropolitan Cathedral and National Palace.RECALL
12This Mexico City arts palace combines a pale stone exterior with a colorful domed roof.RECALL
Palacio de Bellas ArtesThe interior includes murals by major Mexican artists.
Share this card ↗Source: Palacio de Bellas Artes ↗13This Coyoacán museum preserves the painter's home where she was born and later lived with Diego Rivera.RECALL
14Mexico City's Sun Stone is displayed in this museum beside Chapultepec.RECALL
National Museum of AnthropologyThe museum opened in its present building in 1964.
Share this card ↗Source: National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico) ↗15Marinated pork sliced from a vertical spit defines these Mexico City street-food favorites.RECALL
Tacos al pastorThe preparation reflects Lebanese immigrant influences.
Share this card ↗Source: Al pastor ↗16In Mexico City, this steamed masa parcel may arrive wrapped in a corn husk or banana leaf.RECALL
17Mexico City's Arena México is a landmark venue for this masked wrestling tradition.RECALL
18Station pictograms help identify stops on this urban railway inaugurated in 1969.RECALL
Mexico City MetroLines use colors as well as numbers or letters.
Share this card ↗Source: Mexico City Metro ↗19The Angel of Independence stands on this major diagonal Mexico City boulevard.RECALL
Paseo de la ReformaThe boulevard was laid out during Maximilian's empire.
Share this card ↗Source: Paseo de la Reforma ↗20Mexico City's mural-covered Central Library belongs to this university, commonly known by four initials.RECALL
UNAMIts main campus is called Ciudad Universitaria.
Share this card ↗Source: National Autonomous University of Mexico ↗
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