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Mexico
By: Jimmy Wolpert
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Geography
• Mexico is the world’s 14th largest country by total area
• Because it is divided by the Tropic of Cancer Mexico has one of the most diverse climates in the world
• The topography of Mexico also varies wildly with elevations ranging from 1,000 m to well over 2,000 m in some places
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Geography
• The Rio Bravo del Norte (Rio Grande) marks the north eastern border between Mexico and The United States of America
• The Gulf of Mexico borders the east coast of the country
• Mexico, because it is nearly surrounded by water is highly susceptible to hurricanes
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Geography• Mexico has two major
mountain ranges, The Sierra Madre Oriental and The Sierra Madre Occidental, which are extensions of the Rockies of the western United States
• The center of the country is crossed by the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
• A fourth major mountain range is the Sierra Madre del Sur
• Most central and northern Mexican cities are at high altitudes
• Mexico City and some other major urban cities however, are located in valleys
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People
• As of the 2010 census Mexico is the largest Spanish speaking country in the world
• Much of Mexican culture comes from the mixing of ancient Mexican and European traditions because most modern Mexicans are the product of both cultures
• A study by the Mexican Genome Diversity Project found that the amount of European and Indigenous DNA in the Mexican population were about even
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People• Catholicism is the most
common religion in Mexico• Mexico’s 92 million Catholics
represent the second largest population of Catholics in the entire world, Brazil containing the first
• Religion is a very important part of these people’s lives
• Most towns and cities hold an annual feast day which many regard as the most important religious holiday of the year
• 47% of Catholic Mexicans attend church on a weekly basis
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People
• Population in Mexico has been increasing over the past decades in line with the rest of the world
• Though Spanish is the most common language Mexico has no official language
• Many Indigenous languages are still spoken in certain parts of the country
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History• The earliest human artifacts
found in Mexico are about 9,000 years old
• The most famous cultures from early Mesoamerica are the Aztec and Mayan peoples however there were many other cultures in the region
• There are pyramids in Mexico still around today that were built in ancient times
• Tenochtitlan (The Island City) was the capital of the Aztec Empire when the Spanish invaded Mexico in the early 16th century
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History
• Once Spain conquered Mexico they destroyed much of the culture of the indigenous people
• Spain ruled Mexico for nearly 300 years, during this time a lot of modern Mexican culture evolved
• In 1810 Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla declared Mexican independence from Spain
• It was not until 1821 that Mexico gained its independence
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History• Plutarco Elías Calles founded
the National Revolutionary Party (PNR), which would later become the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and stay in control of Mexican politics for over 70 years
• From the 1940s to the 1980s the Mexican economy grew substantially, this period of growth was known as “The Mexican Miracle” by some historians
• In 2000 Vicente Fox won the Presidential Election as a member of another party
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Sources
• Wikipedia