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Click Once to BeginJEOPARDY!Review for Chapter 6
Hosted by: Mrs. Murphy
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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.
