Section 1
What river borders the united states and is one of Mexicos major rivers.
Río Bravo
What lies in the east. Occidental,lies in the west. Together, these two mountain ranges and another shorter one in southern Mexico
make up what and means “mother range.”
Sierra Madre
What is found mainly under the southern and Gulf coastal plains as well as offshore in the Gulf of
Mexico.
petroleum/oil
What tribe had one of mexicos most major city Tenochtitlán and ruled thier empire through conquest
Aztecs
What did the Spaniards call people of mixed European and Indian ancestry?
Mestizos
What year did Mexico gain its independance.
1821
What is a narrow piece of land
surrounded on three sides by water,
Peninsula
Mexico City
where are large amounts of copper, gold, lead,and zinc found
Mines
What is the Aztecs most major city and still has a major role in mexico today
Tenochtitlán
What did the Spaniards call people of mixed European and African ancestry
Mulattoes
What war did The U.S and Mexico fight over the terrotry of Texas.
Mexican-American War
what part in Mexico surrounded on three sides by water, called _______
Baja California
What volcano near Mexico City has
been active as recently as 2010 and poses a great threat to Mexicans
Popocatépetl
What posses the biggest threat to mexico due to low amounts of this resource.
Water
what
is a land with different territories and
peoples under a single ruler.
Empire
What is the name of churches that convert the pioneers or the first people in the region to the religion of the new colonist
Missions
What popular Mexican president helped Mexico survive a French invasion.
Benito Juárez
What is separated from the Caribbean Sea by a part of Yucatán Peninsula.
Gulf of Mexico
What plain is wide and flat and the soils and climate there are good for farming.
Gulf Coastal Plain
What is one of the three ancient tribes in mexico that built giant statues and temples
Olmec
Who is the spanish soilder that conquered mexico with a group of 600 men
Hernán Cortés
What did the Spanish monarchy give to help farmers and give huge expanses of farm or ranch land, to
cause some favored people of Spanish ancestery
Haciendas
What religion did the Spanish bring to Mexico that now 90% of Mexicans are.
Roman Catholic
What seperates the gulf of mexico from the carribien sea
Yucatán Peninsula
What is the northern part of the Yucatán
Peninsula main vegitation.
Scrub Forest
What of the major tribes studied the stars and disapered without a trace.
Maya
What gained allies from other tribes in the region.
They also had guns and horses, which the Aztecs had never seen before. The new weapons terrified
the Aztecs and gave the Spanish an advantage.
Conquistadors
Who was the revolt against Spanish rule was led by a Catholic priest named________
Miguel Hidalgo
Which holiday also reflects native customs and beliefs about hopes of life after death
Day of the Dead