Let's Get
Physical
More Human
Than Human
Environment (What's Left)
100

A strip of land that connects two larger landmasses enabling migration of plants and animals to new areas.

Land Bridge

100

the western edge of Mexico,The Sierra Madre Occidental, is part of what seismic activity?
or
One of the Rings of Power worn by Gandalf

Ring of Fire

100

Spanish soldier who participated in the conquest of indigenous peoples of Latin America

Conquistador

100

People of mixed indigenous and European

descent

Mestizo

100

What group settled the are of the Yucatan Peninsula?

Maya

200

Climate zones that occur as elevation increases, each with its own natural vegetation and crops

vertical climate zones

200

The northern border of Mexico
(our southern border in the US)
is made of this body of water

Rio Bravo del Norte
or Rio Grande

200

What happened September 16th, 1821

(not on Cinco de Mayo)

Mexican Independence Day

200

A city that dominates a country's economy, culture, and government and in which population is concentrated; usually the capital

Primate City

200

The loss or destruction of forests, mainly for logging or farming

deforestation

300

Relating to or caused by an earthquake

seismic

300

The East Coast of Mexico is on what body of water?

Gulf of Mexico

300

The style of government, much like the United States, which divides the three Levels of government ~~National, state, local~~ into the three branches--executive, legislative, and judicial.

Federal Republic

300

household made up of several generations of family members 

Extended family

300

Trapped in the valley of Mexico City, the government has been making emission regulations a priority to try to reduce this problem. 


Pollution

400

Body of water off the West Coast of Mexico, between an isthmus of Baja California and the main land.  

Gulf of California 

400

The Sierra Madras Oriental are considered the southern range of what mountain chain that runs from Canada to Mexico? 

Rocky Mountains

400

an area of a country in which restrictions on goods and services do not apply

Free Trade Zone

400

Cash crops the Spanish exported to Europe

Cacao and Maize (corn) 

400

Another program aimed at protecting the environment encourages the use of these to reduce the number of cars on the roads. 

bicycles

500

What is the predominant type of vegetation along the Tropic of Cancer in Mexico?

Desert scrub and wasteland

500
What mineral is the most abundant in Mexico?

Silver

500

Market value of all goods and services produced within a country in a year

Gross Domestic Product

500

large landowners’ estate

haciendas

500

What cause do you think are these surfers supporting?

let's take care of nature

it's ours

let's save the sanctuary

of the Torturgo Laud

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