Mex Rev Vocab

Question 1

Acculturation

Answer 1

Adapting to one’s own cultural environment or surroundings

Question 2

Assimilation

Answer 2

Rejecting one’s own cultural background in favor of the dominant culture

Question 3

Barrio

Answer 3

Neighborhood

Question 4

Demographic

Answer 4

Referring to the statistical study of human populations

Question 5

Dissent

Answer 5

Difference of opinion

Question 6

Exile

Answer 6

Expulsion from one’s country or home

Question 7

Hacienda

Answer 7

Ranch or large estate

Question 8

Hacendado

Answer 8

Owner of a hacienda

Question 9

Mestizo

Answer 9

Person of mixed racial background

Question 10

Migration

Answer 10

Movement from one place to another

Question 11

Peon

Answer 11

Landless laborer; a person of low socioeconomic status

Question 12

Revolution

Answer 12

Sudden, radical or complete change; a fundamental change in political organization, especially the overthrow of one government for another

Question 13

Entrada

Answer 13

Spanish expeditions of discovery and conquest

Question 14

Conquistadores

Answer 14

Conquerors

Question 15

Cholos

Answer 15

Originally referred to those of mixed Spanish and Native American descent. Later, it was adopted by those with a particular form of dress and sometimes belonged to gangs.

Question 16

Hidalgos/Caballeros

Answer 16

Both words loosely translate as “gentlemen” but signify someone of high socioeconomic status

Question 17

Spanish borderlands

Answer 17

Territory of the US Southwest that formerly belonged to the Spanish- and later Mexican- people

Question 18

Corridos

Answer 18

Mexican folk ballads that tell stories of people and their historical experiences

Question 19

Cientificos

Answer 19

A group of administrators that advised Diaz during his regime

Question 20

Porfiriato

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Diaz and his allies’ 35-year rule of Mexico

Question 21

Hectares

Answer 21

A metric unit of measure, equal to 2.471 acres

Question 22

Rurales

Answer 22

Rural police force in Mexico from 1860’s to 1914

Question 23

Campesinos

Answer 23

Peasants, farmers, and laborers in the rural areas of Mexico

Question 24

Maderistas

Answer 24

Followers of Madero

Question 25

Zapatistas

Answer 25

Followers of Emiliano Zapata under the banner of land reform

Question 26

Constitutionalists

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Led by Carranza, they were advocates for a strong president and central government, and a weaker form of Federalism

Question 27

Conventionalists

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Loosely associated with Obregon, they were advocates for political freedoms, labor rights, strong regional government, and wanted to implement parts, if not all, of the Plan de Aguala- Zapata’s agrarian reform

Question 28

Caudillos

Answer 28

Political or military leaders

Question 29

Maximato

Answer 29

Six-year period in Mexico where Plutarco Elias Calles ruled Mexico behind the scenes through three “puppet” presidents

Question 30

Cristeros

Answer 30

Rebels who fought the government as representatives of the Catholic Church