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Lección 4
Panorama — México

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Información sobre México


		Mexico Geography			http://www.photius.com/


		LANIC — Mexico			http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/

El Día de los Muertos


		AzCentral			http://www.azcentral.com/


		México Connect			http://www.mexconnect.com/


		México Online			http://www.mexonline.com/

Los aztecas


		Museo del Templo Mayor			http://archaeology.la.asu.edu/


		The Aztec Calendar			http://www.azteccalendar.com


		Civilización azteca			http://abcdioses.noneto.com/


		Frida Kahlo			http://www.mexconnect.com/

Algunas palabras clave
Use the links on this page or a search engine to complete the activities. Useful key words are:
Día de los Muertos / Día de Muertos / Day of the Dead
Costumbres mexicanas / Mexican Customs
Fiestas mexicanas / Mexican holidays
México historia / Mexico history
Templo Mayor
Tenochtitlán
Azteca / Aztec
Quetzalcóatl

Where is the Templo Mayor located? What are its surroundings?
Identify one of these Aztec gods: Quetzalcóatl, Huitzilopochtli, Tezcatlipoca.
What language did the Aztecs speak?
On what day(s) does Día de los Muertos take place each year?
Describe a custom associated with Día de los Muertos.
Describe the relation of one of the following with Día de los Muertos: papel picado (colorful cut-paper banners), ofrendas (altars), calveras (skeletons), cempasúchiles (marigolds), panteones (cemeteries).

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