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100

The Aztecs bulit these floating garden

What is Chinampas

100

This region was home to the first complex civilization developed by the Olmec around 1200 BC.

What is Mesoamerica 

100

The Spanish creates these church outposts

What are missions

100

land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler

What is empire

100

piece of land surrounded on three sides by water

What is Peninsula

200

What was the capital of the Aztec Empire

What is Tenochtitlan 

200

 practice of burning forest to clear land for planting

What is slash-and-burn agriculture

200

huge expanses of farm or ranch land

What is haciendas

200

This labor tax system allowed the Inca government to collect and redistribute goods.

What is mita?

200

 peninsula stretching from northern Mexico into the Pacific Ocean

What is Baja California

300

What body of water was the Aztec Capital built on

What is Lake Texcoco

300

crop that farmers grow mainly to sell for a profit

What is cash crop

300

rise in prices that occurs when currency loses its buying power

what is inflation

300

Spanish name for people of mixed European and Indian ancestry

What is mestizos

300

Peninsula separating the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea

What is Yucatan Peninsula 

400

The trading agreement between Canada, Mexico, and the United States also known as NAFTA

What is the North America Trade Agreement

400

Mexico’s current day capital

What is Mexico City

400

Leader of the Spanish conquistadors

What is Hernan Cortes

400

Spanish name for people of mixed European and African ancestry

What is mulattoes

400

body of water that forms Mexico’s eastern border

What is the Gulf of Mexico

500

a Spanish conqueror 

What is conquistador?

500

U.S. - and foreign-owned factories in Mexico

What is Maquiladores

500

original or native resident of a specific region

What is indigenous

500

 The capital of the Inca Empire

What is Cuzco?

500

“mother range” made up of three mountain ranges in Mexico

What is Sierra Madre

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