Terms
moving from one country to another to settle
Immigration
True or False, Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexico's independence Day
False
Define: ofrenda
An alter of sorts where items are placed to honor the memory of lost loved ones and ancestors
migrant workers
People who travel to a country they were not born in to work
Spain
large ranches
haciendas
True or False?
Cinco de Mayo is more popular in Mexico than the US
False. Today, Cinco de Mayo is more celebrated in the US than Mexico.
True or False
Day of the Dead is Mexico's version of Halloween?
FALSE
When a country sends people to settle in another place and has control over that place
colony
What religion are most people who live in Mexico?
Catholic
factories that assemble parts sent from other countries for cheaper costs
maquiladoras
True or False?
Cinco de Mayo honors Mexican culture
True
Why is it important for Miguel's family to put out photos and create ofrendas on Day of the Dead?
So that his loved ones can pass over and visit the land of the living
define:peninsula
piece of land surrounded on three sides by water
Name the main 3 mountain ranges of Mexico
Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Madre del Sur
sun-dried clay bricks
adobe
Which holiday is more celebrated in Mexico?
Cinco de Mayo or Day of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Coco was forgetting him
Warring people of central Mexico
Aztec
Mexico's capital
Mexico City
farming only to produce enough for your family
subsistence farming
Cinco de Mayo, the fifth of May commemorates (celebrates) what day in Mexico history?
Victory of the Mexican army over France at the battle of Puebla
What were the terms of Miguel's family's blessing?
No music
Define:Maquiladoras
factories that assemble parts from other countries
Tenochtitlan