Vocabulary
What word corresponds with the following definition? "North American Free Trade Agreement, which opened trade with Mexico, US, and Canada"
NAFTA
What word corresponds with the following definition?"The watering of farmland with water drawn from reservoirs or rivers."
Irragation
What word corresponds with the following definition? " A large commercial farm owned by a private individual or a farming company."
Latifundio
What is the main religion in Mexico?
Catholic
What is the name for the the group of Mexicans who are European and Indian descent called?
Mestizos
What word corresponds with the following definition? "Farmland owned collectively by members of a rural community."
Ejido
What word corresponds with the following definition? "Strip of land that juts out into an ocean"
Peninsula
What word corresponds with the following definition? " A worker who travels from place to place, working where extra help is needed to harvest."
Migrant worker
What are three problems in Mexicos environment ?
Massive Population, High risk of earthquakes, terrible pollution.
What was the name of the Aztec capital?
Tenochtitlan
What word corresponds with the following definition? "A large Spanish owned estate in the Americas, often run as a farm or cattle ranch"
haceinda
What word corresponds with the following definition? "A policy by which land is taken from those who own large amounts and redistributed to those who have little or none."
Land Redistributon
What word corresponds with the following definition? "Farming that provides only enough for the needs of a family."
Subsistence farming
What is the official language in Mexico?
Spanish
Popocatepetl
What word corresponds with the following definition?"A large Spanish owned estate in the Americas, often run as a farm or cattle ranch"
Sinkhole
What word corresponds with the following definition? "A farm crop grown for sale and profit."
Cash crop
What are the two main economic activities in Mexico?
Oil & Tourism
What land did Mexico loose in the Mexican/American war?
Texas
Mexico is known for the leading producer of what?
Silver
What word corresponds with the following definition?"a factory in Mexico, along the US border, that assembles goods for export"
Maquiladora
What word corresponds with the following definition? "An area of high, flat land."
Plateau
Sierra Madres Oriental, Sierra Madres Occidential, Del sur
What is the name of the Spaniard who conquered the Aztecs.
Herman Cortes
Who was the president of Mexico?
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador