Mexico
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- mestizos
- mixed Spanish and Native American Heritage
- adobe
- sun dried clay bricks
- federal republic
- power is divided between national and state governments, with a president.
- Name three of Mexico's exports
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coffee
cotton
vegetables
fruit
livestock
tobacco - Where is Mexico?
- Mexico connects North and South America
- What are three acheivements of ancient Maya?
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They were first to grow corn
They built huge temples in the shape of pyramids
They developed hieroglyphics - What are Mexicos economic regions?
- north, central and south
- industrialized
- economy relies on manufacturing rather than farming
- What is the Sierra Madre?
- Mexico's three mountain ranges make up the Sierra Madre or "mother range"
- Land bridge
- narrow strip of land that joins two larger land masses
- Where do more than half of Mexico's people live?
- The central region
- Service Industries
- businesses that provide service to people
- What was the capital of the ancient Aztecs?
- Tenochtitlan
- What is the large flat center of Mexico called?
- The Plateau of Mexico
- peninsula
- A piece of land with water on three sides
- hieroglyphics
- a form of writing that uses signs and symbols
- What Eurpoean country colonized Mexico?
- Spain
- migrant workers
- people who travel from place to place to find work
- When did Mexico win its independance from Spain?
- 1821
- How many states are there in Mexico?
- 32
- latitude
- location north or south of the equator
- smog
- thick haze of fog and chemicals
- What does Cinco de Mayo celebrate?
- The day the Mexicans defeated the French army in 1862.
- What are three of Mexico's natural resources?
- copper, zinc, silver and timber
- altitude
- height above sea level
- Subsistence farms
- small plots where farmers grow only enough food to feed their families.
- murals
- wall paintings
- Who was Emiliano Zapata?
- He was a commander of the rebel army who wanted to give the poor the land that had been taken by the landlords
- How many Mexicans live in cities?
- 70%
- hurricanes
- fierce tropical storms with high winds
- plantation
- large farms that raise a single crop for sale.
- vaqueros
- cowhands
- What bodies of water border Mexico?
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Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Ocean - colony
- an oversees territory
- maquiladoras
- factories that assemble parts made in other countries
- haciendas
- large ranches
- plazas
- public squares
- What agricultural product was first grown in Mexico?
- Corn