MEXICO
Chapter 5
Review for Test
This is the current
president of Mexico.
• Nieto
This is the climate
zone where most
Mexicans live
(temperate).
• tierra
templada
This person defeated
the Aztecs.
• Cortes
This is high flat land.
• plateau
This is land that is
surrounded mostly by water.
• peninsula
This is another name
for an invention.
• innovation
This is a person who is
part Spanish and part
Native American.
• mestizo
This is a narrow strip
of land that connects
larger land bodies.
• isthmus
This is the type of
government in Mexico.
• presidential
democracy
This word means
festival.
• fiesta
This is the name for a
complex culture.
• civilization
This is the climate
zone that is hot.
• tierra caliente
These are the two major
peninsulas in Mexico.
• Baja and
Yucatan
This is a U.S. factory
in Mexico.
• maquiladora
This is the first
civilization in Mexico.
• Olmecs
This is a rugged
mountain range.
• sierra
This is a religious teacher.
• missionary
This means to attach
or take over a country.
• annex
This is the “Abraham
Lincoln” of Mexico.
• Benito Juarez
This is the location of
Mexico in relation to
the United States.
• South
This is the largest
religion in Mexico.
• Catholic