Chapter 8 And 9 Social Studies

Front 1

who conquered the incas

Back 1

Francisco pizarro

Front 2

who was the incan ruler

Back 2

Alahualpa

Front 3

who conqured the aztecs

Back 3

hernan cortes

Front 4

who was the ruler of the aztecs

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moctezuma 2

Front 5

in 1845 when the state became part of the united states this event helped trigger a war between texas and mexico. Name this state

Back 5

texas

Front 6

the man was a reolutionary general. in the 1800's he librated the south american countries from spanish rule,called the liberator he helped south american colonies to eventually rule themseles.name the liberator

Back 6

simon bolivar

Front 7

in 1780 and 1781 an indian of inca descent led a revolt that spread from Peru to Boliia to Argentina the revolt was put down uickly and brutally by spanish forces. who was the revolutionary leader

Back 7

miguel hildago

Front 8

what does the holiday Dia De Los Muertos stand for

Back 8

day of the dead

Front 9

name thelong narrow penunsula located in the western part of mexico

Back 9

Baja Calaforina

Front 10

Name the major river that seprates the U.S. from Mexico. tell the 2 names there are 1 in mexico and 1 in the U.S. calls it

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U.S.= Rio Granda, Mexico=Rio Bravo

Front 11

the sierra madre occidental and the sierra madre oriental are which type of landforms

Back 11

mountains

Front 12

what is the capitol of mexico

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mexico city

Front 13

the pen. that is located on the eastern part of mexico

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yucatan pen.

Front 14

what is mexico's most important energy resource

Back 14

petrliam

Front 15

what is the most valuable part of mexicos mining industy

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silver

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this resource is a limited resource in parts of mexico. Scarity of this resource, particulary in the north is a serious issue

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water

Front 17

what has been pumped from under Mexico city so much of this has been pumped out that the ground is sinking

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water

Front 18

what was the name of the aztec capitol that floated on lake texcoco

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tenochtitlan

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which religion are 89% of mexico's people

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roman cathloics

Front 20

the catholic priest who began a revolt against spanish rule(first and last name)

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tupac amaru

Front 21

people from this country took oer the indians land and forced them to work on farms and in mines

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spanish

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which side lost between texas and mexico which made them lose about 1/2 there territory

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mexico

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the aztecs forced the people they conquered to pay tributes.what are tributes

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taxes

Front 24

this man was mexico's first president of an indian heritage. He is also a national hero (mlk of mexicans)

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Benito Juarez

Front 25

which civilization came first mayas aztecs or incas

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mayas then aztecs then incas

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does mexico hae a president or a prime minister for head of goverment

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president

Front 27

does mexico have a parliament or a congress

Back 27

congress

Front 28

which north american country that we have studied has a parliament

Back 28

canada

Front 29

which N A country has a congress that we have studied

Back 29

U.S.A

Front 30

for many years mexico operated more on the principle of an economy in which the government controls everything in which type of economy does the governmet control what is produced and sold to people

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command economy

Front 31

which country that we have talked about had the same type of economy in which the government controlled everything?

Back 31

Canada

Front 32

In recent decades has Mexico worked to increase or decrease govt. control of the economy?`

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Decrease

Front 33

Are living standards in mexico much higher or much lower than other nations?

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lower

Front 34

Mexico began to have problems when the price of which one of their major natural resources that they exported began to fall in the 1980's.

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Petroleum

Front 35

Is petroleum renewable or non renewable?

Back 35

nonrenewable

Front 36

The rise in price that occurs when currency looses its buying power is called ?

Back 36

Inflation

Front 37

What does NAFTA stand for?

Back 37

North American Free Trade Agreement

Front 38

NAFTA is an economical agreement between which three countries?

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USA, Canada, Mexico

Front 39

This small piece of land which is comprised of several countries connects N. America and S. America.

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Central America

Front 40

A small piece of land that connects two larger land masses is a ?

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Ithmus

Front 41

A large group of islands is called an?

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Archipelago

Front 42

This group of islands is the section which includes Cuba, Haiti, Domincan Republic and 9 smaller islands.

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Carribean Islands

Front 43

There are two main island groups in this group of islands - the four large islands which include Cuba, Jamica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico are called? Two Words

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Greater Antilles

Front 44

The small islands of this area which stretch from the virgin islands to trinedad and tobago are called the?

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Lesser Antilles

Front 45

Another island group lies outside of the above islands east of Florida - it includes over 700 islands and 1000's of reefs.

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The Bahamas

Front 46

Which three types of natural disasters are frequent in this group of islands?

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Hurricanes, Earthquakes and Volcanos

Front 47

Which of these three natural disasters primarily occurs between June and Nov.?

Back 47

Hurricanes

Front 48

The far southeast region of the islands recieves up to 250 inches of rain per year - in contrast Miami Florida recieves only 56 inches. Name the island?

Back 48

Dominica