World Geography Ch 10 Mexico
Maquiladoras
American factories on the Mexican side of the border
Landforms of Mexico
Baja California, Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Rio Grande River, Gulf of Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, Isthmus of Tehuantepec
physical landform -most of Mexico
Mexican Plateau
isthmus
Mexico narrows in the south narrow strip of land connecting 2 land areas
petroleum
Mexico's most valuable natural resource
South Mexico
Mexico's poorest region
2
Mexico's rank in size to other Latin American countries
11
Mexico's rank in world population
Sierra Madre Oriental
Mountains on the east side of Mexico
Sierra Madre Occidental
Mountains on the west side of Mexico
tourist sites in Mexico
Pyramid at Cholula Monte Alban Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
hacienda system
Spanish organized the ejidos into large estates owned by wealthy families and worked by peasants
borders of Mexico
United States, Rio Grande River to the North Pacific Ocean to the west Gulf of Mexico to the east Belize and Guatemala to the South
Greater Mexico City
capital of Mexico most important cultural region world's worst air pollution
North Mexico
closest ties with US fastest growing industrial cities
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
current president of Mexico
Spanish
dominant language spoken in Mexico
Central Mexico
historic core of Spanish settlement
1/4 of Mexico's population
lives around Greater Mexico City