Geography (Landforms, Climate, and Resources)
An area of land surrounded by a body of water on three sides
What is a peninsula?
This civilization is known for its sacrifices.
Who were the Aztecs?
Church outposts that the Spanish built to spread Catholicism.
What were missions?
This type of industry is popular with Mexico's beaches and Mayan ruins
What is tourism?
a mixture of smoke and fog and chemicals
What is smog?
The two rivers that border between Mexico and the United States
What are the Rio Grande and Rio Bravo?
Aztecs, Maya, Olmec, and Incas were all a part of this.
Mixed European and Indian ancestry.
Who were mestizos?
a rise in prices that occurs when the currency loses its buying power.
What is inflation?
US and Foreign-owned factories
what are maquiladoras?
Mexico's most valuable resources before oil was discovered.
What are minerals or mining?
This civilization is from South America, not Mexico.
Who are the Incas?
A famous Spanish conquistador that took down the Aztecs.
Who was Hernan Cortez?
A former president of Mexico
Who is Vincent Fox?
The four culture regions of Mexico
What is Northern Mexico, Southern Mexico, Greater Mexico City, and Central Mexico?
The vegetation in northern Mexico.
What are desert plants and dry grassland?
This civilization collapsed after 900 but had an elaborate calendar system.
Who were the Mayas?
The starter of the Mexican revolution from Spanish control.
Who was Miguel Hidalgo?
Sugar cane and coffee are both this.
What is a cash crop?
Where are Mexico's fastest-growing industrial centers located?
Northern Mexico, along the border (will accept either or)
The climate in Mexico's mountain valleys.
What is mild?
This civilization lived on the southern coast of the Gulf.
Who were the Olmecs?
Mexico's first president of Indian heritage
Who was Benito Juarez?
Why do Mexicans speak Spanish?
Its native and the Spanish conquered Mexico long ago
A way to clear land for farming
what is slash and burn agriculture?