Key Terms
The Aztecs bulit these floating garden
What is Chinampas
This region was home to the first complex civilization developed by the Olmec around 1200 BC.
What is Mesoamerica
The Spanish creates these church outposts
What are missions
land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler
What is empire
piece of land surrounded on three sides by water
What is Peninsula
What was the capital of the Aztec Empire
What is Tenochtitlan
practice of burning forest to clear land for planting
What is slash-and-burn agriculture
huge expanses of farm or ranch land
What is haciendas
This labor tax system allowed the Inca government to collect and redistribute goods.
What is mita?
peninsula stretching from northern Mexico into the Pacific Ocean
What is Baja California
What body of water was the Aztec Capital built on
What is Lake Texcoco
crop that farmers grow mainly to sell for a profit
What is cash crop
rise in prices that occurs when currency loses its buying power
what is inflation
Spanish name for people of mixed European and Indian ancestry
What is mestizos
Peninsula separating the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea
What is Yucatan Peninsula
The trading agreement between Canada, Mexico, and the United States also known as NAFTA
What is the North America Trade Agreement
Mexico’s current day capital
What is Mexico City
Leader of the Spanish conquistadors
What is Hernan Cortes
Spanish name for people of mixed European and African ancestry
What is mulattoes
body of water that forms Mexico’s eastern border
What is the Gulf of Mexico
a Spanish conqueror
What is conquistador?
U.S. - and foreign-owned factories in Mexico
What is Maquiladores
original or native resident of a specific region
What is indigenous
The capital of the Inca Empire
What is Cuzco?
“mother range” made up of three mountain ranges in Mexico
What is Sierra Madre