Level 2 Terms
Mexico City
Rural Decline Causes Urbanization
Urbanization Creates New Problems
The Haves and the Have Nots
100
What city are we learning about right now?
Mexico City
100
About how many people live in Mexico City's metropolitan area?
About 20 million
100
What percentage of Mexico's land is suitable for farming?
15%
100
How is Mexico City continued to expand?
It has spread up the sides of the Valley of Mexico
100
Who would be the have not of Mexico City: The poor or the rich?
Poor
200
The unequal distribution of wealth and resources in a specific area.
Spatial Inequality
200
Where have most people who have arrived in Mexico City come from?
The rural areas
200
Most of Mexico's land is to _______ and _______ to grow crops?
Rocky, hard, dry, etc...
200
Name one problem caused by urbanization in Mexico City.
Answers will vary
200
Which percentage of Mexico City's population is bigger: The Haves or the Have Nots
The Have Nots
300
When large groups of people move into a city.
Urbanization
300
Why have many people moved to Mexico City from the rural areas?
They have experienced rural decline
300
What job do most people have that live in Mexico's rural areas?
farming
300
What is the worst problem that is caused by urbanization into Mexico City?
Air Pollution
300
What types of homes do the recent migrants to Mexico City live in?
Cardboard Homes
400
When people experience poverty and unemployment in rural areas.
Rural Decline
400
How many people live in just the city?
8 million
400
Why can't Mexico's small farmers compete with the large farms in Mexico?
The large farms can produce more and sell their product at a lower price.
400
Besides pollution and cars on the highway, what other thing has increased in Mexico City because of its rapid urbanization?
crime rates
400
What types of homes do Mexico City's working poor live in?
Cinder block type homes
500
The measurement of how well people are living in a specific area.
Standard of Living
500
Mexico City used to be the home capital of which ancient civilization?
The Aztecs
500
How many people moved into Mexico City per day during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s?
1,000 per day
500
In Neighborhood Visit #2, how many police officers were in the neighborhood of the people we surveyed?
800
500
What types of jobs do the "Haves" of Mexico City work in? Name 3
Government, Business, Education
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