Mexico

Question 1

Rio Bravo (Rio Grande)

Answer 1

One of Mexico’s major rivers

Question 2

Peninsula

Answer 2

Piece of land surrounded on three sides by water

Question 3

Baja California

Answer 3

A narrow peninsula

Question 4

Gulf of Mexico

Answer 4

Separated from Caribbean Sea

Question 5

Yucatán peninsula

Answer 5

A part of Mexico

Question 6

Sierra Madre

Answer 6

Made up of two mountain ranges, “mother range”

Question 7

Empire

Answer 7

A land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler

Question 8

Mestizos

Answer 8

What Spaniards called people of a mixed European and Indian ancestry

Question 9

Missions

Answer 9

Church outposts

Question 10

Haciendas

Answer 10

Huge expanses of farm or ranch land

Question 11

Inflation

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Slash-and-burn agriculture

Answer 12

The practice of burning forests in order to clear land for planting

Question 13

Cash crop

Answer 13

A crop that farmers grow mainly to sell for a profit.

Question 14

Mexico City

Answer 14

The worlds 2nd largest city

Question 15

Smog

Answer 15

Smoke-fog

Question 16

Maquiladoras

Answer 16

US and foreign-owned factories