Vocabulary
History of Mexico
Jobs
Mexico Basics
Mexico Basics 2
100

Mixed European and African Ancestry

What is Mulato

100

The olmecs were a group of people who were famous for the objects

What are giant head statues

100
These two items are mostly grown in Southern Mexico
What is Sugarcane and Coffee
100

This many people live in Mexico City the capital of Mexico

What is 22 million

100
Crops that farmers grow mainly for profit.
What is a Cash Crop
200

Sugar Candy made in the shape of bones, skulls, flowers, and fruit.

What is Calaverita de azucar.

200
Spanish priests were given the important job of....
What is converting the natives and teaching the natives Spanish
200
In Northern Mexico most people work in these US owned factories.
What is a Maquiladora
200
To remove products from a country is also known as
What is exporting
200
This is a Church Outpost
What is a Mission
300

A system of producing, distributing and consuming.

What is an Economy

300

This is the percentage of people in Mexico who are catholic

What is 78%

300
These crops are mostly grown in Central Mexico
What is Wheat and Corn.
300
Most of the villages in Mexico are considered this type of architecture
What is Colonial Style
300
Mixture of Fog, Chemicals, and Smoke
What is SMOG
400

Huge expanses of Farm land or Ranchland

What is Hacienda

400
This holiday is celebrated on November 1st and 2nd
What is Day of the Dead or Dios de Muertos
400
Other than farming, Central Mexico mostly does these two jobs...
What is Ranching and Mining
400
This is the percentage of land available in Mexico for growing crops
What is 12%
400
Mixed European and Native American Ancestry
What is Mestizos
500
Is the rise in prices that occurs when money loses its buying power
What is Inflation
500
The bread that is eaten on the holiday of Dios de Muertos is also known as
What is Pan de los Muertos or Bread of the Dead
500

This business brings money to Mexico other than farming, ranching, and mining? People come to see the ancient ruins and colonial cities of Mexico because of this

What is Tourism

500

This an agreement between the countries of Mexico, the US, and Canada that allows goods to be shipped back and forth between them for free.

What is the North American Free Trade Agreement

500
This is the type of Government Mexico has....
What is Democratic
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