Mining or Irrigated Farming
Mexicanos taught Americans how to mine these 3 precious metals.
What are gold, silver, and copper?
Spanish word for "cowboy"
What is vaquero?
3 American Indian foods unknown in Europe:
What are (mention 3):
corn, tomatoes, chocolate, peanuts, vanilla, beans, squash, avocados, coconuts, sunflower seeds, and chili peppers?
A mixture of earth, grass, and water that is shaped into bricks and baked in the sun
What is adobe?
Spanish word for celebration.
What is fiesta?
The 2 tools introduced my Mexicanos for gold mining.
What is the batea (gold pan) and the riffle box?
3 types of gear borrowed from Mexican cowboys:
What are (mention any 3):
10 gallon hats, chaps, boots, ponchos, lariats, western saddle
In Texas, the mingling of Mexican and American dishes resulted in a style of cooking known as...
What is Tex-Mex?
Outlawed in Mexico in 1829
What is slavery?
Any type of Mexican dance
What is (mention one):
hota, la bamba, fandango, or jarabe tapatÃo
Irrigation was necessary in the Southwest because of this...
What is 6 months would go by with no rain?
Two kinds of sheep
What are merino and churro?
This Southwestern meat dish became as American as apple pie.
What is chili?
According to pueblo law, water belonged to:
What is the community?
Patron saint of Mexico
Who is Our Lady of Guadalupe?
The first step for irrigation..
What is redirecting water from local streams?
Using a hot iron to burn a mark into the hide of cattle.
What is branding?
5 foods Europeans introduced to Mexico
Any 5 from these:
pork, beef, lamb, chicken, goat, nuts and grains such as almonds, walnuts, rice, wheat, and barley, apples, oranges, grapes, olives, lettuce, carrots, sugarcane, and potatoes, cinnamon, parsley, coriander, oregano, and black pepper.
Community law divided assets and property like this after divorce:
What is 50/50?
This holiday commemorates an important victory in Mexico's fight for independence from French rule in 1862.
What is Cinco de Mayo?
Copper was used for this.
What is carried electricity and telephone calls?
Sheep were first imported from this country.
What is Spain?
Name one Mexican-inspired food mentioned during class (not in the book)...
Examples:
horchata, taco, burrito, stuffed poblano, etc.
One of the issues that led Texans to fight for their independence from Mexico
What is slavery? (Texans wanted slavery)
Professional sport whose roots go back to cattle roundups on Mexicano ranchos
What are rodeos?