Physical Features
Mexico is mostly surrounded by this.
What is water?
This early culture in Mexico's history is known for their large stone sculptures of heads.
Who were the Olmecs?
This city is Mexico's capital.
What is Mexico City?
This is something the Europeans brought to Mexico that was not weapons but was very dangerous to the people. (Be specific)
What are diseases/small pox?
During colonial times these outposts were scattered throughout the region and used to try and convert the Indians.
What were missions?
The eastern and western coasts of Mexico are sunny and have lots of these beautiful places people like to vacation in.
What are beaches?
This early culture built their city on an island in the middle of a lake.
Who were the Aztecs?
South of Mexico City there are snow capped landforms but they are not mountains.
What are volcanos?
These were people from a European and Indian ancestry.
What were mestizos?
Mexico produces more of this mineral than any other country in the world.
What is silver?
This land form is on the northern side of Mexico. It is long and surrounded on three sides by water.
What is Baja California?
This early culture studied the stars and developed a calendar.
Who were the Maya?
The interior of Mexico is called the Mexican Plateau. It spreads between these two mountain ranges.
What are the Sierra Madre Oriental and the Sierra Madre Occidental?
Those that were of mixed African and European ancestry were called this.
What was mulattoes?
This holiday celebrated by the people of Mexico honors the day with two days of special celebrations and rituals.
What is the Day of the Dead?
This separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea.
What is the Yucatan Peninsula?
This is what conquerors/soldiers were called.
?What is conquistadors
The Sierra Oriental and the Sierra Occidental along with another smaller mountains range make up this large range known as the Sierra ____________ which means this.
What is the Sierra Madre or Mother Range?
A revolt against Spain was led by this Catholic priest.
Who was Miguel Hildalgo?
This was one of the major results of the Mexican Revolution.
What is land reform?
What borders Mexico on the north, west and the east?
What is north - U.S. and Rio Bravo, west- Pacific Ocean, east- Gulf of Mexico?
This Spanish soldier came in 1519 with his conquistadors to conquer Mexico.
Who was Hernan Cortez?
These are three natural resources of Mexico.
What is petroleum, silver, minerals, copper, lead, and zinc?
This city built by the Aztecs on an island in the middle of a lake became one of the largest and most impressive of its time.
What is Tenochtitlan?
He was Mexico's first president and was key in helping them during the French invasion. He also took away powers from these two groups.
Who was Benito Juarez and what was the church and the army?