People celebrate by having ____________.
parades and mariachi music
exchanging gifts around a tree
hiding eggs in the grass
People eat around 70,000,000 pounds of ________during Cinco de Mayo.
chips and salsa
avocados
hot peppers
On the morning of May 5th, 6,000 ______________stormed the city of Puebla, Mexico.
Americans wanting tacos
French soldiers
killer bees
Other nations wanted Mexico's ________.
beautiful beaches
delicious tacos
rich natural resources
In the mid-1800s, Mexico was in debt to many countries. This means______
they wanted land from other countries
they got along with other countries
they owed money
The Mexicans were not expected to win the Battle of Puebla because _____
they didn't know the French army was coming
they were too scared to fight the French army
they had smaller armies and fewer weapons
The Battle of Puebla was expected to be won by the __________.
French
Mexicans
Smurfs
Winning the battle of Puebla helped to create a _________
feeling of national unity
new flag with a snake on it
restaurant named Puebla
The largest celebrations of Cinco de Mayo in take place in ________, Mexico.
Cancun
Puebla
Mexico City
The states in the United States that celebrate Cinco de Mayo the most are _____
Mississippi and Alabama
New York and Ohio
California, New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona
Cinco de Mayo celebrates the anniversary of
the day Mexico became a free country
the Battle of Puebla
the birthday of the Mexican president
France wanted to start a monarchy, which means that the ______could control Mexican land.
Talking robots
King of France
King of Spain
What does Cinco de Mayo mean?
Mexican Independence Day
A sink full of mayonnaise
the fifth of May
Two other countries who wanted to invade Mexico were ______ and ______.
Brazil and Portugal
Britain and Spain
China and Japan
Mexico gained its independence on ______
July 4, 1776
May 5, 1862
September 16, 1810
True or False: Parts of the United States were once part of Mexico.
False
True