Mexico

Question 1

The two mountain ranges that dominate Mexico?

Answer 1

Sierra Madre Occidental
Sierra Madre Oriental

Question 2

What is between the two mountains?

Answer 2

Plateau of Mexico

Question 3

What’s kind of landform is the Yucatán region?

Answer 3

Peninsula

Question 4

Why is the central Plateau Mexico’s most important and popular region?

Answer 4

Rich soil/plenty of rainfall
4/5ths of the countries population lives here

Question 5

What four tectonic plates intersect the central plateau?

Answer 5

North American Plate
Caribbean Plate
Pacific Plate
Cocos Plate

Question 6

Tectonic plates cause?

Answer 6

Mexico to be geologically unstable

Question 7

Why is elevation a key factor in the climate of the central plateau?

Answer 7

Keeps temp average around 72
Elevation is about 7,000 ft
Big tourist attraction

Question 8

The four geographic regions of Mexico?

Answer 8

Northern Pacific Coast
Southern Pacific Coast
Gulf Coastal Plain
Yucatán Peninsula

Question 9

Which region of Mexico is dry, hot, and sparsely populated?

Answer 9

Northern Pacific coast

Question 10

What is the artificial watering of land called?

Answer 10

Irrigation

Question 11

What region of Mexico is the Sierra Madre Del Sur located in?
And what is the most important economic activity?

Answer 11

Southern Pacific Coast
And
Tourism

Question 12

What region of Mexico is one of the world’s major oil-producing areas?

Answer 12

Gulf Coastal Plain

Question 13

The region of Mexico that is flat but NOT good for farming?

Answer 13

Yucatán Peninsula

Question 14

Three cultures make up Mexico, what are they?

Answer 14

Native American
Spanish
Mestizo

Question 15

People with mixed Native American and European ancestry are called?

Answer 15

Mestizo

Question 16

The Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs?

Answer 16

Hernan Cortes

Question 17

The Native American group that dominated central Mexico?

Answer 17

Aztecs

Question 18

The Aztec Capital?

Answer 18

Tenochtitlan

Question 19

Those born in Spain and held high official positions were called?

Answer 19

Peninsulares

Question 20

People of Spanish ancestry born in the Americas?

Answer 20

Criollos

Question 21

Large estates of land usually run as farms or cattle ranches?

Answer 21

Haciendas

Question 22

The labor system established in the Americas, which used the Native Americans as slaves.

Answer 22

Ecomienda

Question 23

The criollo priest who called for rebellion against the Spanish rule?

Answer 23

Miguel Hidalgo

Question 24

When did the Mexican Revolution start and what government was put in place afterwards?

Answer 24

Democratic

Question 25

The political party that dominated Mexican politics for many decades?

Answer 25

Institutional Revolutionary Party

Question 26

Buying and breaking up large haciendas which weee then given to landless farmers?

Answer 26

Land redistribution

Question 27

Farmland owned collectively by members of a rural community

Answer 27

Ejidos

Question 28

Growing only enough crops to meet their families needs?

Answer 28

Subsistence Farming

Question 29

Commercial farms owned by a private individual or farming company?

Answer 29

Latifundias

Question 30

Farm crops grown for sale and profit?

Answer 30

Cash crops

Question 31

Workers that travel from place to place for work?

Answer 31

Migrant workers

Question 32

A trade agreement designed to compete with the European Union?

Answer 32

NAFTA

Question 33

Countries apart of the NAFTA

Answer 33

United States Canada Mexico

Question 34

Mexicos most important economic activities?

Answer 34

Tourism and Oil

Question 35

These are favorite that assemble products almost exclusively for consumers in the United States?

Answer 35

Maquiladoras

Question 36

The Spanish explorers who came from Spain to North America where called?

Answer 36

Conquistadors