Chapter 8 Mexico

Question 1

Sinkholes

Answer 1

A steep sided depression formed when the roof of a cave collapses

Question 2

Chinampas

Answer 2

Raised fields that grow corn beans and peppers

Question 3

Conquistadors

Answer 3

soldiers, explorers, and adventurers at the service of the Spanish Empire

Question 4

Epidemic

Answer 4

Widespread or outbreak of smallpox that spread in Mexico in 1520

Question 5

Empire

Answer 5

A system of which a central power controls a number of territory’s

Question 6

Metizos

Answer 6

Mixed European and Indian ansestory

Question 7

Multattoes

Answer 7

People of mixed European and African ansestory

Question 8

Missions

Answer 8

Out posts priests usually learn native languages and try to convert them to Catholicism

Question 9

Ejidos

Answer 9

Work lands that people work on

Question 10

Haciendas

Answer 10

Huge expanses of farmland to favored people

Question 11

Inflation

Answer 11

The rise of prices when currency loses its power

Question 12

Crash crop

Answer 12

Produced primarily to sell rather than a farmer to eat

Question 13

Smog

Answer 13

A mixture of smoke, chemicals and frog

Question 14

Maquiladoras

Answer 14

Factory’s located along the northern border and often foreign owned

Question 15

Slash and burn agracaltire

Answer 15

An area of forest that is burned to clear it for planting the ashes enrich the soil

Question 16

NAFTA

Answer 16

North American Free Trade Agreement

Took effect in 1994
Made trade between the United States, Canada and Mexico

Question 17

Olmec

Answer 17

Located in Mexico and Central America arrived in the north 1200 years ago
1500bc lived in farming villages
Ad 200 complex cultures were developing
Invented a type of basketball opened plazas made temples

Question 18

Maya

Answer 18

tropical rain forests of south Mexico Guatemala Belize and haundurez
800ad civilization collapsed
Ad 250 Mayan states were at their peak
Made the calendar

Question 19

Aztec

Answer 19

Located in central Mexico
Ad 1200 began moving into central Mexico
1519 population 200,00
Made chimanas grew many crops

Question 20

Worlds most polluted city

Answer 20

Mexico city

Question 21

Most valuable resource

Answer 21

Petroleum

Question 22

Major rivers

Answer 22

Rio grande on the American side and rio bravo on Mexico’s side

Question 23

How many state in Mexico

Answer 23

31

Question 24

Most people’s religion is

Answer 24

Roman catholic

Question 25

Capital city

Answer 25

Mexico City

Question 26

Youcan

Answer 26

• Have slash and burn agriculture

- Mayan ruins and beaches attract tourists

Question 27

Northern Mexico

Answer 27

most modern area

• nafta helped the economy grow
• American music and tv are popular near the border

Question 28

Southern Mexico

Answer 28

Speak Indian languages

Live in the poorest area

Question 29

Oil coast

Answer 29

Population has grow with oil production

Forests are being cleared for farming

Question 30

Central interior

Answer 30

North of the capital

Fertile valleys

Question 31

Greater Mexico City

Answer 31

Most developed and most crowded

Smog exists here includes Mexico City

Question 32

Tourism

Answer 32

Important to Mexico’s economy
Aztec and Mayan monuments
Cancun and many other beaches

Question 33

Industry

Answer 33

Work in secondary industry’s oil mining and manufacturing

Built factory’s to help with low wages

Question 34

Government

Answer 34

Includes an elected president and congress but one political party
Nafta

Question 35

Agriculture

Answer 35

12% of the land can grow crops
Lots of sugar cane and coffee
Crash crops and slash and burn agriculture