Mexico
Which 3 groups of people lived in what is now Mexico between 1500BC and 1300AD? List them in order of earliest to latest.
Olmec, Maya, Aztecs (q1)
What is a Mestizo and Mulatto?
Mestizo - Spanish and native descent
Mulatto - Spanish and African descent
Which 4 islands make up the Greater Antilles?
Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico (q9)
How do they mark the change in seasons in Central America and the Caribbean?
Change in rainfall. Summers are wet and winters are dry (q13)
What happened when Texas left Mexico?
Mexican-American War! Mexico lost over half of their territory
True or False!
Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the Aztec empire, but it was small and unimpressive at the time.
False!
It was one of the biggest and most impressive cities of its time! 5x bigger than London at the time! (q2)
What is a hacienda, and who worked on them?
Large farms and ranches. Peasants, usually American Indians, worked on them (q7)
True or False!
Travel in Central America is very easy because the land is very flat.
False!
The land is rugged (rocky, uneven) (q10)
When is hurricane season?
Summer to fall (June to November) (q14)
Are the Bahamas part of the Antilles? Yes or No
No! They're a third island group
How did the Spanish defeat the Aztecs? List all 4 reasons!
Alliances with local people, guns, horses, disease (q3)
Who was the conquistador that defeated the Aztecs?
Hernan Cortez (q8)
How did tectonic plates form the Caribbean islands?
They collide and push up to create mountains and volcanoes (q11)
True or False!
Central America's main physical features include tropical forests and grasslands
True! (q15) (also coastal plans and volcanic mountains)
What does Archipelago mean?
Large group of islands
What are the two main influences Spain still has in Mexico today?
Language and Religion! Most of them still speak Spanish and are Catholic (q4)
Which Mexican holiday honors dead ancestors?
Day of the Dead
List the 5 major crops grown and exported from Central America and the Caribbean
Sugarcane, coffee, bananas, cotton, and timber (wood) (q12)
What are the main resource limitations in Central America and the Caribbean?
Minerals and energy (q16)
How long did Spain rule Mexico?
Almost 300 years!
Who was Miguel Hidalgo and what did he do?
He was a Catholic priest who called for independence from Spain in 1810 (q5)
What happened as a result of the large difference between wealthy landowners and poor people in 1910?
The Mexican Revolution! It led to land reform (q6)
What's the climate like in Central America and the Caribbean?
Sunny and warm (q13)
What happens when tectonic plates collide?
Earthquakes!
What was the disease that the conquistadors brought to Mexico?
Smallpox