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Mexico Test Review

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Mount Orizaba
Highest peak in Mexico.
Ejidos
Farmland that the Spainards worked on.
Epidemic
A widespread outbreak.
Natural Resources of Mexico
Petroliem, Oil
Aztec
Lived in Central Mexico. Made the first calender.
Moctezuma II
Aztec ruler
Obsidian
A glass formed from lava. Made into Mayan knives.
Chinampas
The name the Aztecs gave to raised fields on which they grew crops.
Six Regions of Mexico
1. Greater Interior (Most Developed + Crowded) 2. Central Interior (Small towns are common) 3. Oil Cost (Forests and costal planes) 4.Southern Mexico (Poorest Region) 5. Northern Mexico (Maquiladoras) 6. The Yucatan (Slash-and-burn-agriculture).
Maquiladoras
Foreign owned companies located on the Mexican and U.S. borders.
1821
The year Mexico won independence from Spain
Haciendas
Huge expanses of farmlands, owned by favored people.
Pok-a-tok
A Mayan ball game.
Conquistadores
Spanish conquerors during the colonization of the Americas
Hernan Cortes
Conqured the Aztecs
Olmec
The earliest known developed civilazation in Mexico. Located along the Golf of Mexico.
Maya
Lived in what is today Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. Sacrificed themselves to the Mayan Gods.
NAFTA
( North American Free Trade Agreement) An easier way of trade between Mexico, Canada and the U.S.
New Spain
Founded by Cortes in 1521
Mesoamerica
Mexico and Central America
Climates of Mexico
Desert, Steppe, Savana, Humid Tropical
Tenochtitlan
The Capital city of Teotihuacan.
Glyphs
Written characterswritten by the Maya.

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