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Latin America-Sarah
Unit #2/Chapter 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mexico City | world's largest city- twenty million people live there |
| Tall mountain chains | on both sides of Mexico |
| Large central plateau | found in the middle;ranching in the north and farming in the south |
| Central Plateau | is where most Mexicans live |
| Aztec Indians | lived in Mexico, hundreds of years ago |
| The Aztecs | built schools. temples, and beautiful cities |
| Colony | land that is ruled by another nation |
| tortillas | special flat bread made from corn |
| Natural resources | Oil is most important. Also have coal, iron,silver,and tourism |
| Mexico's cash crops | sugarcane, wheat, oranges, tomatoes, and bananas |
| national debt | money the country has borrowed and must repay |
| Illegal Immigrants | Mexican people who move to the United States without permission |
| illegal drugs | drugs that are not legal to use; they are very harmful to people |