Power of Place #21. Population GeographyMexico and Guatemala
1. Why does Mexico’s gulf coast send relatively few migrant to the USA?
2. Where is the “hollow core”? Why is this area called the “hollow core”?
3. What are the two minerals mined in the “hollow Core?
4. What does NAFTA stand for?
5. What are Maquiladoras? Who owns them?
6. Why are Maquiladoras moving further south in Mexico?
7. What was the name given to Maya valley villages during the Spanish
Colonial period?
8. Approximately how many Maya died during the Spanish colonial period?
9. Why did so many Maya die during the Spanish colonial period?
10. What has historically limited the size of the Maya population?
11. What is the current doubling time for the Maya population?
12. What was the main resource tapped by the Spaniards in the Maya
Highlands?
13. Describe the current migration trends among Guatemala’s Maya Indians.
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Short answer Questions.
Discuss why Maquiladoras have been successful for U.S companies and for
the people living in the Maquiladora areas.
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Discuss why some argue that the geographic root of the Maya migration and
conflict lies in places like coffee plantations.
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