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16 Cards in this Set
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peninsula |
piece of land surrounded on three side by water |
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Baja californa |
is a peninsula near the gulf of californa |
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Gulf of mexico |
A really big gulf near the yucanitan peninsula |
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Yucatan peninsula |
The gulf of mexico seperated from the caribbean sea |
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sierra madre |
The moutain range that includes sirrea madre oriental in the east and the one in the west |
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Rio Bravo |
one of mexicos few major rivers |
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empire |
is a land with diffrent territories and peoples under a single ruler |
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spaniards called people of mixed European and Indean ancestry |
mestizos |
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church outpost known as |
missions |
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haciendas |
huge expanses of a farm or range land |
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Inflation |
a rise in prices that occurs when currency loses its buying power |
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Agriculture |
a key part in mexicos economy |
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slash-and-burn agricluture |
the prctice of burning forest in oder 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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industry |
another imortant thing for the mexicans |
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tourism |
another imortant thing to mexicans |
