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Mexican states quiz

Mexican states: how fast can you find the states?

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Mexico states quiz: 32 states to find, 19 of them by their capital

“Find the place” asks all 32 — the 31 states and Mexico City — once each, in random order. “Find it from its capital” asks 19: the 13 whose capital shares their name (Aguascalientes, Campeche, Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tlaxcala, Zacatecas and Mexico City) are left out, as the question would give them away.

  1. A right click turns the state green with its name; a wrong one flashes the state you hit in red with its name; the third miss shows the answer blinking in orange, counted as missed.
  2. Easy to mix up: Baja California (Mexicali) and Baja California Sur (La Paz); the State of Mexico (Toluca), which wraps round Mexico City; Nuevo León, Coahuila and Tamaulipas in the north-east.
  3. “Choose the capital” asks 31, all but Mexico City (the city itself): each state lights up and you pick its capital among four, two of them from nearby states — there Oaxaca is the answer for Oaxaca.
  4. Skip sends a state to the end of the round with its misses kept.
Capital named State to click
Mexicali Baja California
La Paz Baja California Sur
Hermosillo Sonora
Culiacán Sinaloa
Saltillo Coahuila
Monterrey Nuevo León
Ciudad Victoria Tamaulipas
Tepic Nayarit
Guadalajara Jalisco
Morelia Michoacán
Toluca State of Mexico
Pachuca Hidalgo
Cuernavaca Morelos
Chilpancingo Guerrero
Xalapa Veracruz
Tuxtla Gutiérrez Chiapas
Villahermosa Tabasco
Chetumal Quintana Roo
Mérida Yucatán

The end shows “Done!” with the states found at the first try out of 32 and your time, and lists the ones you missed; “Practise the ones I missed” starts a round of just those.

How it works

  1. Choose whether to find the states or find them from their capitals.
  2. Click or tap each place as its name appears; zoom in for the small ones.
  3. At the end, see your time and score, then practise only the ones you missed.

Frequently asked questions

Is Mexico City included?
Yes — it is the small area in the middle, surrounded by the State of Mexico. Zoom in with the buttons, Ctrl + scroll or two fingers; on a phone it also gets a circle to tap.
Why does “Find it from its capital” ask only 19 states?
Thirteen capitals have the same name as their state — Aguascalientes, Campeche, Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tlaxcala, Zacatecas and Mexico City — so naming them would give the answer away. “Choose the capital” still asks 12 of them, among its 31 questions: only Mexico City, the city itself, is left out.
Can I print a map of the Mexican states?
Yes — the blank map of Mexico among the related tools draws the same 32 states: blank, with the names and capitals, or numbered as a worksheet with an answer page.
How does it work?
A name appears above the map: click or tap that place. Right answers turn green; after three misses the answer is shown. Skipped places come back at the end, and the ones you missed can be practised again.
Do I need an account?
No. The quiz runs in your browser with nothing to sign up for, and your scores are not stored anywhere.

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