Olmec, Maya, Zapotec
The Olmec were able to support civilizations and cities by-
cultivating (growing) a surplus of food
This location of Tenochtitlan made Aztec engineering necessary.
What is on small island in a shallow lake?
This was shipped to the Caribbean in the triangular trade system.
enslaved Africans
This laid the groundwork for the revolt that led to Mexico's independence from Spain?
What is the conquest of Spain by Napolean Bonaparte
This is the cause of the Mexican and Central American diaspora.
What is poverty?
These could be found at the center of Mayan cities.
What are pyramids and palaces?
The Aztec were able to take control of the Valley of Mexico because-
What is they were fierce warriors or had a powerful army?
This form of government was common under Fulgencio Batista.
What is dictatorship?
This caused the Mexican Revolution in 1910.
What is widespread poverty?
In Mexico, "Race Day" is a celebration of-
What is Mexico's cultural diversity?
This led to the fall of the Maya.
What is a drought caused food shortage?
Most people were ___________ in Aztec society.
What are commoners.
After a revolution in 1959, the government under Fidel Castro became this.
What is a communist dictatorship?
This describes most of today's Central American countries in the 1820s.
What is they won independence from Spain?
This feature makes the Mexican Plateau significant.
It is home to most of Mexico's major cities.
The Agriculture Revolution influenced the rise of early civilization by-
What is by growing the population?
The Aztec showed their engineering skills by building-
What are chinampas, dikes, aqueducts, and causeways?
Toussaint L'Ouverture is remembered for this accomplishment.
What is leading the first successful independent movement in the Caribbean.
This document gave more land to farmers and more rights to workers in 1917.
What is Mexico's new constitution?
These are the two cultural backgrounds of a majority of Mexicans.
What are Spanish and Mexican Indians
This helped the Olmec to adapt to the environment by improving the poor soil.
What is the slash and burn agriculture?
In the Aztec government, the king formed a(n) __________ with other kings.
What is an alliance?
Foreign powers continued to be involved in Central America and the Caribbean for this reason.
What is for foreign investors to help build their economies?
Conflict broke out in Central American countries such as Guatemala and Nicaragua when people fought to overthrow this.
What is dictatorship?
How has Mexico's population changed in recent decades?
Most people have moved from rural to urban areas.