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Mexico Vocab
Mexico Vocabulary Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Major River in Mexico that forms part of the United States/Mexico border. Also called the Rio Grande | Rio Bravo |
| A part of land surrounded on three sides by water | Peninsula |
| Peninsula extending south of California | Baja California |
| Mother Ranges | Sierra Madre |
| Land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler | Empire |
| Also known as conquerors, these Spanish soldiers under the command of Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztec Empire | Conquistadors |
| People of mixed European and Indian ancestry | Mestizos |
| People of mixed European and African ancestry | Mulattoes |
| Church outposts scattered throughout Mexico | Missions |
| Huge expanses of ranch or farmland | Haciendas |
| A rise in prices that occurs when currency loses its buying power | Inflation |
| Native people born in a land usually referred to as native people | Indigenous |
| The practice of burning forest in order to clear land for planting | slash-and-burn agriculture |
| A crop that farmers grow mainly to sell for profit | Cash Crop |
| A mixture of smoke, chemicals and fog | Smog |
| Foreign-owned factories that stretch along the U.S./Mexico border. | Maquiladoras |