Vocab 1
A narrow strip of land that joins two larger landmasses.
Land Bridge
Factories that assemble parts made in other countries.
Maquiladoras
A hard black glass created by volcanoes in the area.
Obsidian
What are some of Mexico's major exports?
Coffee, cotton, vegetables, fruits, livestock, tobacco.
What word begins with E and ands with E, but only has one letter?
A piece of land with water on 3 sides.
Peninsula
Small ports where farmers grow only enough food to feed their families.
Subsistence farms.
A form of writing that uses signs and symbols.
Hieroglyphics
What does Cinco de Mayo celebrate?
The day in 1862 that Mexicans defeated an invading French army in battle.
What has hands and a face, but no arms or legs?
A clock.
Location north or south of the equator.
Large farms that raise a single crop for sale.
Plantations
Large ranches.
Haciendas
What are some of the main civilizations built by the Native Americans on Mexican soil?
Olmec, Mayan, Aztec.
What is yours but mostly used by others?
Your name.
Fierce tropical storms with high winds and heavy rains that form over the warm waters of the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans.
Hurricane
Changing the economy to rely less on farming and more on manufacturing.
Industrialized
Sun-dried clay bricks.
Adobe
They are both a federal republic, meaning power is divided between national and state governments.
A rooster is sitting on the roof of a barn facing west. If it laid an egg, would the egg roll to the north or to the south?
Neither! Roosters don't lay eggs!
Developed the tools and techniques of herding, roping, and branding cattle.
Vaqueros
Businesses that provide services to people rather than produce goods.
Service industries
Thick haze of fog and chemicals.
Smog
Who are Mexicans that cannot find any work in their country?
Migrant workers
What's black, white, and blue?
A sad zebra.