Terms for Mexico
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement
A narrow strip of land bordered on both sides by water and joining two larger bodies of land
Isthmus
What is one of Mexicos industries? Bonus if you say why.
Petroleum and tourism
When did Hurricane Mitch land in this area?
1998
What is windward?
Facing the wind.
Factories based in Mexico that produce goods sold in the United States.
Maquiladoras
A group of islands
Archipelago
The Mexican Revolution established what form of government?
Democratic Republic
What type of industries are in Central America?
Farming and tourism
The Greater Antilles
The Lesser Antilles
The Bahamas
What three groups are the islands split up into?
Farmland is owned collectively by members of a rural community
Ejido
Mestizos
A mix of European and indigenous people background
Most agricultural lands consist of haciendas, collective farms, and what else?
Commercial farms
Why has there been conflict in Central America?
Shortage of farmland and unequal distribution of land and technology
How are islands formed?
Volcanoes or the build of dead sea life.
Large estate operated as a farm or cattle ranch
Hacienda
movements and armed forces outside the regular army fights in small groups
Guerrilla
How did Mexico become a democracy?
The Mexican Revolution 1910-1920
Name one of the regions in Central America? Bonus if you can name all three
The Mountainous Core
Caribbean lowlands
The Pacific Coastal Plains
What affects the climate of the Caribbean?
The sea and wind
Huge commercial farm owned by a private individual or farming company
facing away from the wind
Leeward
How did Spain make Mexico a colony?
Hernan Cortes and Spain conquered the Aztecs and other Native Mexican groups.
What mountain range runs through Central America
The Sierra Madres
Calypso music and the Steel drum
In what ways has the African culture affected this region?