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| How many regions of Mexico are there? | 5
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| What is a hacienda? | Large Spanish-owned farm
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| What does NAFTA stand for? | North America Free Trade Agreement
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| What is the capital of Mexico? | Mexico City
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| What are some major economic activities of Mexico? | Agriculture, Mining, Tourism.
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| What is the Mountain Range on the western coast of Mexico? | Sierra Madre Occidental
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| What is the Mountain Range on the eastern coast of Mexico? | Sierre Madre Oriental
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| What is the Mountain Range on the southern coast of Mexico? | Sierra Madre Del Sur
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| What is irrigation? | The artificial watering of farmland.
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| What region lies between the three mountain ranges? | Central Plateau
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| The central plateau has a mild climate. True or False. | True
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| What is the major oil producing region? | Gulf Coastal Plain
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| What region has little farmland, so economic activity is tourism? | Southern Pacific Coast
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| The Yucatan Peninsula's major economic activity is agriculture. True or False? | False. The major economic activity is tourism.
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| The Northern Pacific Coast is densely populated. True or False. | False. Sparsely populated.
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| Which region has the Mayan Ruins? | Yucatan Peninsula.
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| What is a hole formed when limestone is dissolved causing the land above to collapse. | Sinkhole
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| What happened in 1821? | Mexican war of independence begins.
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| What happened in 1920? | Mexico becomes independent.
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| Most Mexicans speak French. True or False? | False. They speak Spanish.
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| What is Mexico's major religion? | Roman Catholic
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| What is the percentage of urbanization? | 76%
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| What ancient Indians lived in Mexico in 250 A.D. and where? | Mayans. Yucatan Peninsula.
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| What Ancient Indians lived in Mexico int he 1400's and where? | Aztecs. Mexico City.
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| What did the Spanish come to Mexico for (3g's)? | Gold, God, Glory
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| What year did the Spanish come to Mexico. | 1519
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| What did Indians who were forced to work on haciendas die from? | Overwork, disease, war
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| What do most rural Mexicans work on? | land given by government(subsistence), large commercial farms, growing cash crops.
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| Why do a lot of Mexicans live in cities? | Better opportunities, jobs.
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