Section 1
A partial river border between Mexico and the United States.
Río Bravo
Two mountain ranges that lie in the east and west and another mountain range in the south make up the "_____ "or " mother range."
Sierra Madre
One of the most important resources found under the southern and Gulf coastal plains and sometimes off the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
petroleum/oil
A civilization that moved to central Mexico from the north after the decline of the Mayas. In 1325 they built their capital on an island in a lake known as Tenochtitlán. .They built a large, powerful empire through conquest. They forced the other people to pay taxes and provide war captives as a sacrifice to the Aztec gods. What is the name of this civilization?
Aztecs
What did Spaniards call mixed European and Indian ancestry?
Mestizos
What year did Mexico gain independence?
1821
A piece of land that is surrounded on three sides by water.
Peninsula
What is the country's (Mexico) capital?
Mexico City
Where do you find silver, copper, gold, lead and, zinc?
Mines
The name of the capital the Aztecs built in a lake on an island.
Tenochtitlán
What did Spaniards call mixed European and African ancestry?
Mulattoes
What war led to Mexico losing half of their territory?
Mexican-American War
A peninsula stretching south into the Pacific Ocean from northern Mexico.
Baja California
A volcano near Mexico City that has been active since 2010.
Popocatépetl
Another important resources that surrounds Mexico. This resource attracts many tourists every year.
Water
The name of a land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler.
Empire
What do you call the Catholic establishments spread in northern Mexico?
Missions
What president helped Mexico survive an invasion from French in the 1800s?
Benito Juárez
Mexico's border to the east and separated by the Caribbean Sea and part of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Gulf of Mexico
A place on the east side of Mexico, soils and climate there are good for farming.
Gulf Coastal Plain
This civilization was living in Mexico in 1500 BC. They lived on the humid southern coast of the Gulf of Mexico where they built temples and statues. They also traded stones with other cultures in eastern Mexico. What is this civilization?
Olmec
The name of the Spanish soldier that arrived in Mexico with around 600 men.
Hernán Cortés
What do you call the huge farm or ranch land that is given to people of Spanish ancestry?
Haciendas
About 90% of Mexico's religion is this. What is this religion called?
Roman Catholic
A part of Mexico near the Caribbean Sea.
Yucatán Peninsula
A place where it is hot and dry. It receives very little rainfall. What is this called?
Scrub Forest
Maya
What do you call Spanish conquerors?
Conquistadors
What Catholic priest led them against the Spanish rule in 1810?
Miguel Hidalgo
What holiday does Mexico celebrate their dead ancestors?
Day of the Dead