Students will gain cultural understanding of México.

POBLACIÓN

CAPITAL

MONEDA

EL D.F., THE CAPITAL, IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST CITIES.

TRADITIONAL COSTUMES OF VERACRUZ IN SOUTHERN MÉXICO.

EL POPO, MEXICO'S 2ND HIGHEST PEAK, IS LOCATED IN CENTRAL VALLEY.

THE PYRAMID OF THE SUN IS THE 3RD LARGEST PYRAMID IN THE WORLD.

CHIHUAHUA'S COPPER CANYON LOCATED IN THE SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAINS

IN CHIAPAS, HAS TURQUOISE WATERFALLS AND SWIMMING HALLS

ON THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. TULUM MEANS WALL IN MAYAN.

UNTIL 1836 WHEN IT BECAME AN INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC.

WAS A FAMOUS ARTIST KNOWN FOR HIS MANY PUBLIC MURALS.

MAYAN MURALS THAT ARE PERSERVED IN AN ANCIENT BUILDING IN CHIAPAS.

DECORATED WITH A GIANT MOSAIC SHOWING THE HISTORY OF MEXICO.

IN THE STATE OF PUEBLA IS FAMOUS FOR SPANISH COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE.

IN OAXACA SINCE PRE-COLUMBIAN TIMES, CELEBRATES DANCE AND MUSIC.

MEXICO'S INDEPENDENCE WITH PARADES, PARTIES AND FIREWORKS.

THIS EMPANADA, OR TURNOVER, IS MADE WITH PUMPKIN FLOWERS.

GREEN CHILI PEPPERS STUFFED WITH MEAT AND NUTS EATEN IN DECEMBER.

A SAUCE MADE FROM CHOCOLATE, CHILES AND SEEDS ON CHICKEN.

ORIGINATING IN CHINA, PIÑATAS WERE ONCE RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS