Mexico

Question 1

Mexico is the United States’ ________ neighbor.

Answer 1

Southern

Question 2

Forming a part of the border between the US and Mexico is _______________.

Answer 2

The Rio Bravo River

Question 3

In the US the river that separates the US and Mexico is called___________

Answer 3

Rio Grande

Question 4

Mexico is mostly surrounded by ________

Answer 4

Water

Question 5

Stretching south in the pacific ocean from northern Mexico is a narrow_____________

Answer 5

Peninsula

Question 6

What is a Peninsula?

Answer 6

piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides

Question 7

The narrow peninsula stretching south in the pacific ocean from northern Mexico is called____________

Answer 7

The Baja Peninsula

Question 8

The __________ is separated from the carribean sea by the _____________.

Answer 8

The Gulf of mexico is separated from the Caribbean sea by the Yucatan Peninsula

Question 9

what is an isthmus?

Answer 9

a narrow strip of land with water on either side

Question 10

what is a gulf?

Answer 10

Deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land with a narrow opening

Question 11

What is a bay?

Answer 11

a broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inward

Question 12

Much of mexico’s interior landscape consists of a ______ mostly ______region called the ________?

Answer 12

Much of mexico’s interior landscape consists of a high mostly rugged region called the Mexican Plateau

Question 13

The lowest point of the mexican plateau is?

Answer 13

Half a mile above sea level

Question 14

The highest point of the mexican plateau is?

Answer 14

2 miles above sea level

Question 15

What is the eastern mountain range in Mexico

Answer 15

The Sierra Madre oriental

Question 16

What is the western mountain range in Mexico

Answer 16

the Sierra madre occidental

Question 17

Together these ranges and other smaller mountain ranges in the south make up the ____________

Answer 17

The southern part of mexico

Question 18

The southern part of Mexico is known as__________

Answer 18

The Sierra Madre

Question 19

Between the Sierra Madre mountain ranges lies the_________

Answer 19

the valley of Mexico

Question 20

Where are your balls

Answer 20

on your face

Question 21

Volcano Popocotipole is an active volcano near ______

Answer 21

Mexico City?

Question 22

Mexico along the east and west coast have beautiful sandy____________

Answer 22

Beaches

Question 23

On the east the gulf coastal plain is wide and flat and the climate is good for

Answer 23

FARMING - MOO BIOTCH

Question 24

The Yucatan peninsula is in the southeast and is mostly_________

Answer 24

flat

Question 25

What does VARY mean?

Answer 25

To be different

Question 26

High elevations have __________ even though they are located in the __________

Answer 26

High elevations have surprising cool temperatures even though they are located in the south.

Question 27

The mountain valleys have ________

Answer 27

Mild climates and many people have settled there.

Question 28

Southern coastal areas have __________

Answer 28

Pleasant Temperatures

Question 29

Warm temperatures and summer rainy seasons support tthe ______ that cover _______% of Mexico.

Answer 29

Warm temperatures and summer rainy seasons support the forests that cover 25% of Mexico.

Question 30

The northern part of the Yucatan peninsula is ______ and ______?

Answer 30

There northern part of the Yucatan peninsula is hot and dry.

Question 31

The man vegetation on the Yucatan peninsula is ____

Answer 31

scrub forest

Question 32

The desert areas get little ____ while the vegetation is mostly desert plants and _________

Answer 32

The desert areas get little rainfall while the vegetation is mostly desert plants and dry grasslands.

Question 33

Why can the climates of mexico vary within a short distance?

Answer 33

Climates vary widely because of the differences in elevation within a short distance from one another.

Question 34

Mexico's most important resource is _________?

Answer 34

Petroleum and oil

Question 35

Oil reserves are found________

Answer 35

the gulf of mexico

Question 36

before oil was discovered, ________ was the most valuable resource

Answer 36

Minerals

Question 37

Mexican mines also yield__________?

Answer 37

Silver, copper, gold, lead, and , zinc

Question 38

________ is another resource

Answer 38

Water

Question 39

the refreshing water surrounding mexico attracts many________

Answer 39

Tourists

Question 40

water is limited in many parts of mexico, therefore water _______ is an issue.

Answer 40

SCARCITY

Question 41

what problems might water scarcity cause for mexican citizen?

Answer 41

few people can live in an area without water, less crops, and hydration.

Question 42

snitches get?

Answer 42

STITCHES