landforms
economy
Cilmate
people
odds and ends
100
A narrow strip of land that connects two large landmasses.
What is a land bridge?
100
Large farms that raise a single crop for money are known as ___________.
What are a plantations?
100
Mexico City faces a serious air pollution from a mixture of fog and chemicals called ________.
What is smog?
100
Cowhands who developed the tools for ranching.
What are vaqueros?
100
A thin flat bread.
What is tortilla?
200
A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
200
Mexico's two main service industries are __________ and ___________.
What are banking and tourism?
200
Fierce tropical storms with high winds and heavy rains are called ___________.
What is hurricanes?
200
A band that plays traditional Mexican music.
What is mariachi?
200
A major steel-producing city.
What is Monterrey.
300
Name the long peninsula that stretches south along Mexico.
What is Baja California?
300
As Mexico industrialized, it became less of a country of __________.
What are farms/villages?
300
Mexico's mountain ranges create three _________.
What is altitude zones?
300
One of the largest urban areas in the world.
What is Mexico City?
300
Mexico's form of government.
What is a federal republic?
400
Name the volcano that erupted in 2000.
What is El Popo?
400
In the mid-1990's, Mexico, Canada, and the United States approved a trade agreement called _________.
What is NAFTA?
400
The climate zone found at the top of Mexico's mountains is the ___________.
What is tierra fria?
400
Famous Mexican mural painter.
Who is Diego Rivera?
400
Mexico's mountains is the _______.
What is tierra fria?
500
Mexico forms part of a land bridge that connects North America and ______________.
What is South America?
500
One of the largest urban areas in the world.
What is Mexico City?
500
Southern Mexico has a _________ climate.
What is tropical?
500
Modern writer who describes daily life in Mexico.
Who is Octavio Paz?
500
A volcano that erupted in 2000.
What is El Popo?
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