Mexico is located south of this country.
a. United States
b. China
c. South America
d. Europe
What is the United States?
100
Mexico’s largest region is this level highland.
a. Valley of Mexico
b. Central Plateau
c. Desert
d. Gulf of Mexico
What is the Central Plateau?
100
Mexico's main physical feature is these, called the Sierra Madres.
a. oceans
b. farms
c. mountains
d. peninsulas
What are mountains?
100
Most of Mexico has a this dry climate, which gets both hot and cold.
a. caliente
b. tropical
c. steppe
d. fría
What is steppe?
100
This Mexican capital is one of the biggest cities in the world.
a. Cancun
b. Acapulco
c. Mexico City
d. Puerto Vallarta
What is Mexico City?
200
Mexico is bordered by this in the west.
a. Atlantic Ocean
b. Lake Michigan
c. Pacific Ocean
d. Gulf of Mexico
What is the Pacific Ocean?
200
The Central Plateau region has many of these events, which happen when the earth's plates shift.
a. parties
b. tornados
c. earthquakes
d. rainstorms
What are earthquakes?
200
6. The northern mountains are covered with ___________________ forests, which lose their leaves in winter, while rain forests cover the Southern Sierras.
a. deciduous
b. pine tree
c. evergreen
d. tropical
What is deciduous?
200
Mexico has three altitudinal zones. Altitude is this.
a. hot, liquid rock
b. the height of something above sea level
c. a thick growth of trees and vines
d. a stretch of lowlands between mountains
What is the height of something above sea level?
200
15. Over two-thirds of Mexico’s people live in these densely populated areas, in and around cities.
a. rural
b. beach
c. urban
d. farm
What is urban?
300
Mexico is bordered by this in the east.
a. Atlantic Ocean
b. Lake Michigan
c. Pacific Ocean
d. Gulf of Mexico
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
300
This low level region forms a rim around the country, along the edge of the oceans.
a. Coastal Plains
b. Central Plateau
c. Desert Region
d. Gulf of Mexico
What is the Coastal Plains Region?
300
Most of Mexico’s rivers are this. They start in the mountains and drop to the ocean.
a. long
b. short
What is short?
300
10. Tierra fría is at higher altitude, which makes the temperatures this.
a. hot
b. cold
c. temperate
What is cold?
300
Nearly one-third of Mexico’s population is in this age category.
a. Over 65
b. Between 20 and 40
c. Between 40 and 65
d. Under 15
What is under 15?
400
Mexico is shaped like this.
a. square
b. circle
c. triangle
d. oval
What is a triangle?
400
The northwestern part of Mexico is this hot, dry region. The largest of these is the Sonoran.
a. Valley of Mexico
b. Central Plateau
c. Desert
d. Gulf of Mexico
What is the Desert Region?
400
The Rio Bravo del Norte forms part of the border between Mexico and the US. In the US, people use this name for the river.
a. Mississippi
b. Rio Grande
c. Delaware
d. Lake Chapala
What is the Rio Grande?
400
Tierra caliente is at lower altitude, which makes the temperatures this.
a. hot
b. cold
c. temperate
What is hot?
400
The location of Mexico City was once called Tenochtitlán, the capital of this empire.
a. Aztec
b. Maya
c. Toltec
d. Olmec
What is the Aztec empire?
500
Mexico is bordered in the south by these Central American countries.
a. Argentina & Chile
b. Belize & Guatemala
c. China & Japan
d. Nigeria & Egypt
What are Belize & Guatemala?
500
Mexico has two of these areas of land surrounded by water. They are called Baja California and the Yucatán.
a. rivers
b. mountains
c. lakes
d. peninsulas
What are peninsulas?
500
Mexico's long coastline has some of the world's most beautiful these, which have been turned into vacation resorts.
a. rivers
b. lakes
c. beaches
d. trees
What are beaches?
500
Most people live at the middle altitude, which is called this.
a. tierra fría
b. tierra templada
c. jungle
d. tierra caliente
What is tierra templada?
500
16. Campesinos have moved to the cities looking for a better life. This movement from rural areas to cities, called this, is happening all over the world.
a. fiesta
b. migration
c. vacation
d. work