Section 1
what river acts as a partial natural border between the United States and Mexico.
Río Bravo
What is the name of the plateu that lies between the Sierra Madre Oriental and the Sierra Madre Occidental, that lies in the West?
Sierra Madre
What is the important natural resource that lies under the southern and Gulf coastal plains as well as offshore in the Gulf of Mexico?
petroleum/oil
What civilization was built in 1325 and was located in central Mexico from the north, and built their capital in a lake?
Aztecs
What did spaniards call mixed Europeans and Indian ancestry?
Mestizos
What year did Mexico win their Independence?
1821
What is the term that describes a section of land surrounded by three sides of water?
Peninsula
What city is Mexico's capital that lies between the southern valleys?
Mexico City
Before oil was discovered, silver, copper, gold, lead and, zinc are founded where?
Mines
What capital grew into the largest and most impressive cities of it's time?
Tenochtitlán
What did the Spaniards call mixed Europeans and African ancestry?
Mulattoes
Which war led to Mexico losing half of their territory to the United States of America?
Mexican-American War
What peninsula stretches south into the Pacific Ocean from northern Mexico?
Baja California
What volcano south from Mexico City, has been active since 2010?
Popocatépetl
What limited resource very scarce and attracts many tourists?
Water
What is a land with different territories and people under a single ruler?
Empire
What are Catholic establishments that were spread out through northern Mexico?
Missions
What President helped Mexico survive a french invasion in the mid 1800's?
Benito Juárez
To the East of Mexico, what is it's border called? Which is separated by the Caribbean Sea?
Gulf of Mexico
What plain runs along the east coast of Mexico, descibed as wide and flat, while also being very good for farming?
Gulf Coastal Plain
Olmec
Who ended the Aztec empire and shaped Mexico's culture?
Hernán Cortés
What huge expanses of farm and ranch land were given to favored people of Spanish ancestry?
Haciendas
About 90 percent of Mexico's religion is what?
Roman Catholic
What peninsula helps separate the Gulf coast with the Caribbean sea?
Yucatán Peninsula
What kind of Vegetation lies in the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula? >:D
Scrub Forest
What civilization was founded in AD 250 and 900.
Maya
What word means spanish conquerors?
Conquistadors
What Catholic preist led the revolt against Spanish rule in 1810?
Miguel Hidalgo
What holiday do Mexicans honor their dead ancestors?
Day of the Dead