Click Once to BeginJEOPARDY!Review for Chapter 6

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CultureMexico’s

LandMexico’s Economy

Mexico’s Challenges

Random

What are Mexican celebrations called?

Fiestas

This food is an important part of the Mexican diet.

Corn

A special religious celebration where

families gather together to remember their

departed loved ones.

Day of the Dead

Daily Double!!!

Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco are

famous for doing what?

Mural Paintings

On September 16th, Mexicans celebrate their independence from what

country?

Spain

Mexico connects North American and South America making it a

__________, or a narrow strip of land.

Land bridge

On the western coast of Mexico lies this peninsula

Baja California

Between the Gulf and the Caribbean Sea you can

find this peninsula

Yucatan Peninsula

The name given to the three mountain ranges

found in Mexico

The Sierra Madre

Many of the mountains in Mexico are Volcanoes.

Identify the active volcano that last erupted

in the year 2000.

Popocatepetl

Factories that assemble parts made in other

countries

Maquiladoras

Much of Southern Mexico is made up of

small plots called what?

Subsistence farms

Identify two large industrial cities in Mexico

Mexico City and Gaudalajara

Identify three important exports of Mexico

Cotton, coffee vegetables, fruits, livestock, and

tobacco.

1. Identify the name of the agreement that

Mexico, Canada, and the Untied States signed in

1994.

2. What is the purpose of this agreement?

NAFTA

Most goods traded between these countries

are not taxed.

How has Mexico’s population changed in

recent decades?

Increased rapidly

A large number of people migrate here to find

work.

The United States

People who travel from place to place to find

work are called what?

Migrant workers

People who live in the city wake each day to thick

haze of fog and chemicals called what?

Smog

What has resulted from the Mexican

government’s policy of borrowing from foreign

banks?

Foreign Debt

Daily Double!!!

Public squares located in the center of Mexico’s cities are called what?

Plazas

Many homes are made from sun-dried clay bricks called what?

Adobe

Culturally, Mexico is a part of which continent?

South America

Which ocean borders Mexico to the east?

Gulf of Mexico

Mexico has a federal republic. How is this type of government different

from ours?

In Mexico the national government has more power than the state

governments.