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16 Cards in this Set
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Rio Bravo |
A river,which is called Rio Grande on the U.S. side-This river forms part of Mexico's border with the U.S. |
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peninsula |
a piece of land surrounded on three sides by water |
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Baja California |
peninsula stretching from northern Mexico into Pacific Ocean |
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Gulf of Mexico |
body of water that forms Mexico's eastern border |
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Yucatan Peninsula |
land separating the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea |
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Sierra Madre |
"Mother range" made up of three mountain ranges in Mexico |
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empire |
a land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler |
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mestizos |
the Spanish name for people of mixed European and Indian ancestry |
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missions |
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 agriculture |
the practice of burning forest to clear land for planting |
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cash crop |
a crop that farmers grow mainly to sell for a profit |
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Mexico City |
the world's second-largest city and Mexico's capital |
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smog |
a mixture of smoke, chemicals, and fog |
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maquiladoras |
U.S.-and foreign-owned factories in Mexico |
