mexico cultural geography

Question 1

NAFTA

Answer 1

North American Free Trade Agreement; 1993 pactthat facilitated free trade beetweeen Canada, Mexico and the USA

Question 2

USMCA

Answer 2

trade agreement between the United States, Mexico, Canada; sighed Janurary 2020

Question 3

Squatter

Answer 3

someone who lives illegally in n unoccupied building or on unused land.

Question 4

primate city

Answer 4

the large city in a country; also significantly larger than other cities in that country.

Question 5

isthmus

Answer 5

land bridge skinny.

Question 6

archipelago

Answer 6

crests of nder water mountain chains that make islands.

Question 7

maquiladoras

Answer 7

manufacturing plants built by the US and Japan in Mexico.

Question 8

syncretism

Answer 8

blending of religions to form new one.

Question 9

sedimentation

Answer 9

washing of sediment from places that transfers soil into the ocean and settles in reef systems

Question 10

deforestation

Answer 10

process of removing trees for logging, farming, or grazing.

Question 11

reforestation

Answer 11

replanting of trees.

Question 12

sustainable development

Answer 12

meetting needs of present generation withought denying future generations the capacity to meet their needs.