Terms
Landforms & Climate
Mexican History
Mexico Today
Extras
100
mestizo
What is a person that has European and Indian ancestry?
100
Define isthmus.
What is a narrow strip of land that connects 2 larger land areas?
100
Hernan Cortes
Who was a Spanish conqueror that defeated the Aztecs?
100
____ % of the population of Mexico lives in Mexico City?
What is 25?
100
112 million
What is the population of Mexico?
200
A ruler that has absolute authority over all aspects of the country.
What is a dictator?
200
The ____ coast has a regional high pressure system that creates dry weather.
What is the west?
200
The name of the Aztec ruler that was killed by Cortes.
Who was Moctezuma?
200
People in Mexico still speak Mayan in the____.
What is the south?
200
Zona Rosa
What is the wealthy area in Mexico City?
300
hacienda
What are large estates that are owned by the wealthy and worked by peasants?
300
The _______ peninsula is located in southeast Mexico.
What is the Yucatan?
300
Name 4 factors that helped the Spanish defeat the Aztecs.
What are smallpox, horses, alliances with the enemies & disease?
300
This region of Mexico is the poorest region.
What is Southern Mexico?
300
The main cash crop in Central Mexico is _____.
What is grain?
400
Open space in front of a church in towns throughout Mexico.
What are plazas?
400
The Mexican Plateau is _____ ft above sea level.
What is 7500ft?
400
1810
When did the Mexican Revolution begin?
400
Gudalajara
What is the second largest city in Mexico?
400
Treaty of Gudalupe Hidalgo
What was the treaty signed between Mexico and the United States to end the Mexican- American war?
500
Maquiladora
What are American companies that are located in Mexico and employ Mexicans?
500
Tehuantepec
What is the name of the isthmus in southern Mexico?
500
Cortes conquered the Aztecs in_____.
What is 1519?
500
The current president of Mexico is_____.
Who is Felipe Calderon?
500
The President of the United States during the Mexican Revolution was_____.
Who was James Polk?
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