Population Patterns
History and Government
Culture
Vocabulary
100
Indigenous people or peoples descended from an area's first inhabitants.
What are Native Americans known as today?
100
Picture writings carved in stone, on temples to honor their gods and record history.
What are glyphs?
100
The blending of beliefs and practices.
What is syncretism?
100
Forms of a language unique to a particular place or group.
What is dialect?
200
The new ethnic group the Native Americans and Europeans created.
What is a mestizo?
200
Floating "islands" made from large rafts covered with mud from the lake bottom.
What are chinampas?
200
A condition caused by a lack of proper food decrease.
What is malnutrition?
200
Dialects that blend indigenous, European, African, and Asian languages.
What is patois?
300
The migration of people from the countryside to cities and the natural population growth within urban areas.
What is urbanization?
300
Royally appointed officials
What are viceroys?
300
Pictures or designs made with colored stone or tile.
What are mosaics?
300
Caudillo
What is another word for dictator?
400
The Yucatan Peninsula
These indigenous groups thrived different areas, such as the Maya
400
A dictator
What is a caudillo?
400
Includes great grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, as well as children and parents
What is an extended family?
400
Conqueror
What is a conquistador?
500
Primate City
Mexico City is a...
500
The Maya dominated southern Mexico and northern Central America.
What did the Maya do?
500
Rural Areas
Most public schools in Mexico are in what areas?
500
In the Caribbean the structure of the family is often ruled by a woman such as a mother, grandmother, or aunt.
What is matriarchal?
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