605 Q1 Flashcards
What evenly divides Mexico?
The Tropic of Cancer
Mexico City is on land that was once what?
a lake
What type of plant is used to provide fiber for baler twine and is used for making baskets, handbags, etc?
The Henequen Plant
Mexico City and its surrounding towns and cities is an example of what type of area?
Metropolitan
Most of Mexico’s regions are dryer where?
In the North
An area of high flat land is called a what?
Plateau (like Seymour, MO)
The Mayan Indian’s home area is where?
Yucatan Peninsula
When the government owns or controls an industry, the industry has become what?
Nationalized
What map do I need to study for Quiz 1?
maps on pg 10 of Lightunit :-) . Know countries, regiouns, Tropic of Cancer, etc
What are three places that Mexico uses the name “Mexico” for?
Mexico City, Mexico Country, and the State of Mexico
Mexico’s oil wells were nationalized in what year?
1940
Indigenas refers to what?
Native people
The coastal plan on which side of Mexico is wider?
The Gulf side
Raising just enough crops to make a living is called what?
Subsistence
A nations system of producing and using wealth is called its what?
Economy
Where are most of Meixco’s cities located?
Mexican Plateau
What percent of the population in Mexico are farmers?
Only about 1/4th
Ciudades perdidas means what?
“Lost Cities”
Where has crime been a problem in Mexico metropolitan area?
In the “lost cities”
Mexico’s mountainous and hilly land is in what climate zone?
Tierra Fria
Mexico City is in what district?
The Federal District
What are the three largest Latin American countries in order from largest to smallest?
Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico
Henquen farms have seen a rise or fall in twin sales in recent years?
Fall
High oil prices in Mexico hardly affected living conditions for who?
Farms and poor communities
“City of the Dead”
Veracruz
Many of the people have moved into what city?
Mexico city
Mexico’s population is how much mestizo?
60%
Where are Mexico’s oil wells located?
Gulf coast
Where are Mexico’s iron mines?
In the northern part of the country
When did Mexico’s oil production increase?
In the 1940s, when it was nationalized
