Chapter 6

Question 1

What dangers does Mexico face?

Answer 1

Earthquakes

Question 2

What are Mexican cowhand who work on large cattle ranches called

Answer 2

Vaqueros

Question 3

What percent of Mexico’s people live in fertile central region

Answer 3

50 percent

Question 4

What states did Mexico sell to the United States

Answer 4

California, Utah, and Nevada

Question 5

What do Mexico’s mountain ranges create 3 of

Answer 5

Altitude zones

Question 6

What are large farms that raise a single crop for money called

Answer 6

Plantations

Question 7

Who built Tenochtitlan the site of present day Mexico City

Answer 7

Aztec

Question 8

Mexico is the colony of what country

Answer 8

Spain

Question 9

What is altitude zone in Mexico’s coastal lowlands

Answer 9

Tierra caliente

Question 10

What two countries does Mexico’s coastal lowlands connect

Answer 10

North America and South America

Question 11

What are fierce tropical storms with high winds and heavy rains called

Answer 11

Hurricanes

Question 12

What is the climate zone found at the top of Mexico’s mountains

Answer 12

Tierra fria

Question 13

What year did Mexico become an independent country

Answer 13

1821

Question 14

What is the religion of most Mexicans

Answer 14

Roman Catholic

Question 15

What are Mexico’s two main service industries

Answer 15

Tourism and banking

Question 16

As Mexico industrialized it became less of country that

Answer 16

Farming agriculture

Question 17

In 1990, Mexico, America, and Canada made a trade agreement called

Answer 17

Nafta

Question 18

What is one of the largest urban areas in the world

Answer 18

Mexico City

Question 19

What is the major steel producing city called

Answer 19

Monterrey

Question 20

Who was the famous Mexican mural painter called

Answer 20

Diego Rivera

Question 21

What is a thin flat bread

Answer 21

Tortilla

Question 22

What is a band that plays tradition Mexican music

Answer 22

Mariachi

Question 23

What is it called when you have a mixed Spanish and native Americans heritages

Answer 23

Mestizos

Question 24

What is the body of water that borders on the east of Mexico

Answer 24

Gulf of Mexico

Question 25

What is the peninsula that juts in the Gulf of Mexico

Answer 25

Yucatan

Question 26

What is the temperate land called

Answer 26

Tierra Templada

Question 27

What is the mountain range in western Mexico near the Pacific Ocean called

Answer 27

Sierra Madre Occidental