Mexico
Quiz Questions
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100
A large estate worked by peasants.
hacienda
100
The cultural, political, and economic center of Mexico.
Mexico City
100
The Yucatan Peninsula lies atop _____, which makes the area prone to sinkholes. (Type of rock that Connor wants to make countertops out of)
limestone
100
____ Mexico is the poorest region in Mexico.
Southern
100
Mexico is almost 3 times the size of ____.
Texas
200
People of mixed European and Indian heritage.
mestizos
200
An important seaport. Also the last name of a NY Giants wide receiver....sort of.
Veracruz
200
The Isthmus of Tehuantepec separates the Gulf of Mexico from the ___ Ocean.
Pacific
200
What does NAFTA stand for?
North American Free Trade Agreement
200
The Sierra Madre Oriental borders the Mexican Plateau to the ____
east
300
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas.
isthmus
300
A steep-sided depression that forms when a cave roof collapses.
sinkhole
300
The Sierra Madre del Sur mountains run along the _____ Pacific coast. (Direction needed)
southern
300
The Mexican Revolution lasted from 1910-?
1920
300
Mexico is the world's largest producer of this natural resource.
silver
400
The highest mountain in Mexico. (Don't have Jacob spell it again)
Orizaba
400
One result of the Mexican Revolution was ____ reform.
land
400
Mexico City has serious air pollution problems that are caused in part by the ring of ____ that surround the city.
mountains
400
Tenochtitlan was the capital city that belonged to the ___
Aztecs
400
Mexico's most valuable natural resource.
petroleum
500
Crops grown for sale in a market.
Cash crops
500
____ is a style of farming in which several crops are grown together in a single plot.
milpa
500
Spanish soldiers brought many diseases, particulary ___ to the indigenous population of Mexico.
smallpox
500
The ____ Plateau is the largest landform in Mexico.
Mexican
500
Spanish _____, or conquerors, landed on the eastern coast of Mexico in 1519.
conquistadores
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