Mexico Test

Question 1

What is smog?

Answer 1

a mixture of smoke chemicals and fog

Question 2

What are missions?

Answer 2

Church outposts where priests learn the native language and convert people to catholicism

Question 3

What are haciendas?

Answer 3

huge expanses of farm or ranch land

Question 4

What are chinampas?

Answer 4

type of Mesoamerican agriculture which used small, rectangular areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico

Question 5

What is the sierra Madre?

Answer 5

other range consists of the sierra occidental, ,Sierra Oreintal and sierra madre Del sur.

Question 6

Maquiladoras are

Answer 6

usa and foreign owned factories

Question 7

What are mestizos

Answer 7

mix of european and indian ancestry

Question 8

What are mulattoes

Answer 8

Mix of european and african ancestry

Question 9

what is slash and burn agriculture

Answer 9

burning down trees to clear land for planting

Question 10

What are cash crops

Answer 10

Farmers sell their crops for profit

Question 11

what is inflation?

Answer 11

rise in prices due to a decrease in buying power

Question 12

what is a peninsula

Answer 12

body of land, surrounded on 3 sides by water

Question 13

What are the achievements of OLMEC

Answer 13

temples for gods, and building statues

Question 14

What are the achievements of the Maya

Answer 14

They built ball courts , the calendar, mathematics, astronomy; built temples and built large cities;
and kept written records

Question 15

Describe the climate and landforms of the interior of Mexico

Answer 15

the climate of interior mexico has surprisingly cool temperatures because the landscape is mostly plateaus and mountains

Question 16

What is the result of the Mexican - American war?

Answer 16

Mexico lost half of their land

Question 17

What causes climates to vary wildly in some areas

Answer 17

elevation

Question 18

why do mexican workers come to the US to look for jobs

Answer 18

Better jobs and higher wages

Question 19

What is Mexico’s most valuable resource

Answer 19

Oil

Question 20

Describe the day of the dead

Answer 20

Day to celebrate lost loved ones

Question 21

Describe the vegetation in Northern Mexico.

Answer 21

Mostly Scrub forest

Question 22

What cultures came first in Mexico

Answer 22

olmec, aztecs, mayan, spaniards.

Question 23

What are the causes of pollution in Mexico

Answer 23

Cars and factories

Question 24

Why is the Yucatan peninsula not good for farming

Answer 24

Its very rocky terrain - lots of limestone

Question 25

What are some facts about the four cultural regions in Mexico

Answer 25

Greater mexico city, - Thousands of people move there every year looking for work.
Northern - ranching is important to the economy , central and southern Mexico.
Central - lots of fertile farmland
Southern - southern Mexico is vital to the country’s economy. Sugarcane and coffee, two major export crops, grow well in the region’s warm, humid climate. Also, oil production along the Gulf coast has increased in recent years. The oil business has brought more industry and population growth to this coastal area of southern Mexico.