Mexico Flashcards
1
Q
a piece of land surrounded by three sides of water
A
Peninsula
2
Q
land with different territories and people under a singular ruler
A
empire
3
Q
a mix between European and Indigenous person
A
mestizos
4
Q
church outpost or reaching out to the public by spreading religious beliefs and doing community work
A
mission
5
Q
huge expanses of farm land
A
haciendas
6
Q
rise in prices when currency loses it’s buying power
A
inflation
7
Q
burn forests to make room for farm lands
A
slash and burn agriculture
8
Q
a crop that is groan to sell
A
cash crop
9
Q
a mixture, smoke, chemicals, and fog
A
smog
10
Q
US and foreign factories
A
maquiladoras
