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Vocabulary Words
100
The natural border between Mexico and the United States
What is the Rio Grande?
100
The "Master Weavers"
Who are the Toltecs?
100
The day where families take their past loved ones favorite food to their grave and have a picnic
What is El Dia de los Muertos?
100
The day when Mexicans remember the people on their families that have died
What is El Dia de los Muertos?
100
Blindfolded children hit this with a wooden stick until candy spills out of it.
What is a pinata?
200
The two largest peninsulas in Mexico
What is the Yucatan Peninsula and the Baja Peninsula?
200
Known for making big stone heads.
Who are the Olmecs?
200
Mexicans' top crop
What is corn?
200
The most famous celebration in Mexico
What is Independence Day?
200
Spanish soldiers that came over from Europe to take over Mexico, Central America and Peru
What are conquistadors?
300
The 3 largest mountain ranges in Mexico.
What are the Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental, and the Sierra Madre Del Sur?
300
They built the two most famous, most ancient cities in Mexico
Who are the Aztecs?
300
Thin, flat pieces of bread commonly found in Mexico.
What are tortillas?
300
A very common thing found in Mexico that children hit with sticks until candy spills out of it.
What is a pinata?
300
The unit of money that the Mexicans use
What are pesos?
400
It takes up 40% of Mexico's land.
What is the Plateau of Mexico?
400
The god of fire that the Aztecs made a turquoise mask for
Who is Xiuhtecuhtli?
400
Chili peppers mixed with other vegetables
What is salsa?
400
A celebration when people remember how their people defeat the French in battle
What is Cinco de Mayo?
400
Manufacturing plants found at the border of U.S.A and Mexico.
What are maquiladoras?
500
What the Yucatan Peninsula is made up of
What is Volcanic rock?
500
A famous artist in Mexico known for his murals
Who was Diego Rivera?
500
Where people buy fruit, vegetables, and other foods
What is the market?
500
A celebration where the people of Mexico remember the night when Joseph and Mary were looking for a place to have the baby
What is Las Posadas?
500
Mexicans that have mixed European and native ancestry
What are mestizos?
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