Government: Revolution and Reform
A big farm or ranch, that belonged to wealthy because they took the land from villagers
What is hacienda?
The countryside
What is rural?
The leader of the Spanish army who took over the Aztcs
Who is Hernan Cortez?
Making items out of iron
What is ironsmithing?
The first president who did not belong to PRI in 70 years
Who is Vicente Fox?
A Peninsula west of Mexico
What is Baja California?
A community farm owned by all the villagers together
What is an ejido?
The process of moving products to their markets
What is distribution?
A system in which Spanish men control Native American villages who pay tribute in goods, money, or labor
What is encomienda?
The first/ruling class of Spanish officials who were born in Spain
What is peninsular?
Of the city
What is urban?
Located east of Baja California
What is the Gulf of California?
The president who brought reform (change); freedom of speech, ended slavery & forced labor, equality
Who is Benito Juarez?
Free of government imposed taxes
What is duty-free?
The treaty that ended the Mexican war, granting the U.S. control of present-day California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona, along with parts of Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico.
What is the "treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo"?
The 1853 purchase by the US that gave the US parts of present-day New Mexico & Arizona in exchange for $10 million
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
TRIPLE POINTS.....TRIPLE POINTS....
replacing community ownership with individual or private ownership
What is privatization?
I am called the “great river”.
What is the Rio Grande?
The most powerful political party, won every presidential election from 1929-2000
What is the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)?
Mexican Petroleum, a government agency that controls the oil industry in Mexico
What is PEMEX?
2nd class, born in Mexico but parents born in Spain, wealthy
What is criollos?
A forced payment
What is a tribute?
A joyful celebration remembering those that have passed.
What is Day of the Dead?
Geologically active mountain range
What is Cordillera Neo-Volcanica?
The president who brought free, honest elections.
Who is Francisco Madero?
Double win...Double loss...Double win... Double loss!
To establish government control of a service or industry
What is nationalize?
A priest who led the fight for Mexican independence from Spain
Who is Father Hidalgo?
He welcomed Cortez with gifts and allowed him to stay in the royal palace in the Aztec Capital. Within a week, Cortez took him prisoner and took control of the Aztec Empire.
Who is Montezuma II?
The mountain range that runs north and south on the eastern side
What is Sierra Madre Oriental?
Made up of mountain ranges and plateaus
What are the Southern Highlands?
Legendary fighter for farmers’ rights
Who is Emiliano Zapata?
DOUBLE POINTS.....DOUBLE POINTS
The President who changed ejido laws
Who is Carlos Salinas de Gortari?
Spanish and Native American ancestry
What is mestizos?
A blade used for cutting tall grass or grain
What is a sickle?
A factory that imports duty-free (tax-free) parts from the US to make products that it then exports back across the border
What is a maquiladora?
I am a peninsula located between the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
What is the Yucatan Peninsula?