Mexico

Question 1

Peninsula

Answer 1

A piece of land surrounded on three side by water

Question 2

Baja California

Answer 2

Stretching south into the Pacific Ocean form northern Mexico is a narrow peninsula called Baja California

Question 3

Gulf of Mexico

Answer 3

To the east is Mexico’s border the gulf.

Question 4

Yucatán peninsula

Answer 4

The Gulf of Mexico is separated from the Caribbean Sea by the Yucatán peninsula

Question 5

Sierra madre

Answer 5

A mountain range in the east.

Question 6

Empire

Answer 6

A land with different territories and people under a single ruler.

Question 7

Mestizos

Answer 7

Spaniards, called people a mix of European and Indian ancestry.

Question 8

Missions

Answer 8

Church outposts

Question 9

Haciendas

Answer 9

Huge expanses of farm or ranch land

Question 10

Inflation

Answer 10

A rise in prices that occurs when currency loses its buying power

Question 11

Slash and burn agriculture

Answer 11

The practice of burning forest inn order to clear land for planting

Question 12

Cash crop

Answer 12

A crop that farmers grow mainly to sell for profit

Question 13

Mexico City

Answer 13

The worlds second largest city and one of the most densely populated

Question 14

Smog

Answer 14

A mixture of smoke, fog, and chemicles

Question 15

Maquiladoras

Answer 15

U.S - and foreign owned factories