Vocabulary
A piece of land surrounded on 3 sides by water
What is a peninsula?
Northern Mexico's physical geography is mostly
What is dry grasslands and desert plants?
A church outpost
What is a mission?
The Aztecs were conquered by
Who was Hernan Cortez?
A product grown by farmers for profit
What is a Cash Crop?
known as the "Mother Range" and is made up of different mountain ranges
What is Sierra Madre?
The Mayan civilization collapsed in
What is 900?
We call this river the Rio Grande in the United States
What is Rio Bravo?
This Indian tribe lives on the southern coast of the Gulf of Mexico
Who were the Olmec?
A mixture of smoke, chemicals, and fog
What is smog?
one of the western peninsulas in Mexico
What is Baja California?
The climate of Mexico's mountain valleys are very
What is mild?
An eastern Mexican Border
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
He was a catholic priest who led a revolt against Spanish rule
Who was Miguel Hidalgo?
One of the world's largest and most densely populated urban areas
What is Mexico City?
What is Empire?
He was the first Mexican president of Indian Heritage
Who was Benito Juarez?
Mixed people of Indian and European ancestry
What are mestizos?
The two main cash crops in Mexico are
What is sugar cane and coffee?
Factories owned by US an foreign lands built by the border of the US and Mexico
What are maquiladoras?
What are Haciendas?
This Indian tribe studied the stars and created a detailed calendar
Who are the Maya?
This separates the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea
What is the Yucatan Peninsula?
He was elected president in 2000 and represented a different political party
Who is Vicente Fox?
A rise in prices that occurs when money loses its value
What is inflation?