Benito Juarez was a president from which indigenous group?

Benito Juarez was a president from which indigenous group?

• A. Zapotec
• B. Maya
• C. Nahua
• D. Mixtec

Answer: (A)

Benito Juárez belonged to the Zapotec people, an indigenous group from the highlands of Oaxaca, Mexico. He was born in a Zapotec community there, and his upbringing within that culture influenced his later work as a reformist leader and president. The other options refer to different indigenous groups: Maya are primarily in the Yucatán Peninsula and parts of Central America, Nahua are centered in central Mexico around what is now Mexico City, and Mixtec is another group in Oaxaca. While Mixtec is geographically close to Zapotec regions, Juárez himself was Zapotec.

Benito Juárez belonged to the Zapotec people, an indigenous group from the highlands of Oaxaca, Mexico. He was born in a Zapotec community there, and his upbringing within that culture influenced his later work as a reformist leader and president. The other options refer to different indigenous groups: Maya are primarily in the Yucatán Peninsula and parts of Central America, Nahua are centered in central Mexico around what is now Mexico City, and Mixtec is another group in Oaxaca. While Mixtec is geographically close to Zapotec regions, Juárez himself was Zapotec.