Land
What is land rewarded and given to Conquistadors or Spanish people
A. Ejidos
B. Latifundios
C. Maquiladoras
D. Haciendas
D. Haciendas
What is a Spanish word describing farmland owned collectively by members of a rural community?
A. Ejidos
B. Latifundios
C. Maquiladoras
D. Haciendas
A. Ejidos
What is an Encomienda?
A. A community farmland that consists of subsistence farming
B. A reward of land and laborers or servants for Conquistadors
C. Huge commercial farms owned by individuals or companies
D. A labor system with low wages and constant debt
D - A labor system of low wages and constant debt
What are Peninsulares?
Spaniards born in Spain holding high official positions
Meridia is the largest city in the Yucatan Peninsula containing 400,000 people
True or False
True
⅔ of people live in the rural areas thanks to farming both Commercial and Subsistence farming
True or False
False -2/3 live in Urban areas
What occurred in 1985?
A. The Mexican government and politics was claimed to be corrupt
B. An Earthquake killed 7000 people and caused $4.1 billion worth in damages
C. Land distribution that divided 8000 haciendas and distributed to the peasants
D. Mexico had a new constitution with a new government and president
B - Earthquake killed 7000 people
Miguel Hidalgo was a criollos priest who called for a rebellion.
True or False
True
What area in Mexico is known for petroleum or oil production?
Gulf Coastal Plain
Gulf of Mexico
A Spanish word describing a large commercial farm owned by a private individual or a farming company
A. Ejidos
B. Latifundios
C. Maquiladoras
D. Haciendas
B. Latifundios
What occurred in 1901?
A. The independent nation of Mexico was established
B. Mexico had a new constitution with a new government and president
C. Discovery of petroleum and oil off the coast of Mexico
D. NAFTA was designed to compete with the European Union and phase out trade barriers between Mexico, America and Canada
C. Discovery of petroleum and oil off the coast of Mexico
What are Mestizos?
People of mixed Spanish and Native American Ancestry
Name 3 Mother Ranges
Sierra Madre
Occidental, Oriental, Del Sur
What are factories that employ about 450,000 people and generate billions of dollars for Mexico.
A. Ejidos
B. Latifundios
C. Maquiladoras
D. Haciendas
C. Maquiladoras
When did the Mexican revolution occur?
1910
What are Creoles?
Spaniards born in America but have Spanish Ancestry
Name 4 tectonic plates that cause earthquakes in Mexico
North American
Caribbean
Cocos
Pacific
⅘ of the people of Mexico live in this area. What is this area called?
Central Plateau
What occurred in 1519?
Hernan Cortes and 600 Spanish troops marched on Tenochtitlan
Name 3 factors that helped the Spanish beat the Aztecs
Technology
Allies
Disease