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16 Cards in this Set
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Peninsula |
A piece of land surrounded by three sides of water |
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Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) |
River that borders the United States from Mexico |
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Baja California |
Peninsula on the west side of Mexico |
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Gulf Of Mexico |
Body of water that borders most of eastern Mexico |
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Yucatan Peninsula |
Peninsula that divides the Gulf Of Mexico from the Carribean Sea |
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Sierra Madre |
The Mexican Mountain Ranges (Sierra Madre Oriental, Occidental, Del Sur) |
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Empire |
Land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler |
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Mestizos |
Spanish People mixed with European and Indian ancestry |
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Missions |
Spanish Church outposts |
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Haciendas |
Huge expanses of farm or ranch land |
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Inflation |
A rise in prices that occurs when currency loses its buying power |
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Slash-and-Burn agraculture |
The practice of burning forests to make space for farmland |
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Cash crop |
A crop that farmers grow mainly for a profit |
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Smog |
A mix of smoke and fog |
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Maquiladoras |
U.S. and foreign owned factories on Mexico's American border |
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Mexico City |
Mexico's largest city; also Mexico's capital and second largest city in the world. |
