Mexico Test Flashcards
What are some of the main problems Mexico and other Latin American countries face?
Air pollution and drug trafficking
What is money laundering?
Funneling illegal money through a legal business
Making illegal money look like you got it legally
Give an example of money laundering.
Making money from selling drugs and then making it look like it came from a legal business like a restaurant
What were the 2 major early Mexican civilizations?
Maya and Aztec
What contributions did the Maya make to society?
Hieroglyphic language, calendar, architecture and agriculture, math
What contributions to society did the Aztec make?
Mandatory education, medicine and agriculture
Define polytheistic
All life s in the hands of god. You are responsible for pleasing the gods.
How long had the first city in the Americas been in existence when Christopher Columbus arrived?
1742 years
What religion did the Conquistadors bring with them to the “New World”?
Roman Catholicism (Catholic)
What was the Myth of the Reconquista?
They were chosen by God to spread religion
What is the longest river in Latin America?
The Amazon
What is the longest mountain range in Latin America?
The Andes
Name the characteristics that the Maya and Aztec had in common.
Worshipped gods, farmers, built pyramids
Name the characteristics of the Maya and Aztec that were DIFFERENT.
Aztec had formal schools, organized government
