Mexico.How much do you know about Mexico--our southern neighbor? Like the U.S. and Canada, Mexico is part of the continent of North America. Mexico is also part of LatinAmerica--a political region covering much of the Western Hemisphere south of the U.S. Most people in Latin America speak Spanish or Portuguese--languages based on Latin. Here's more information about Mexico: FACTS TO KNOW: AREA: 756,062 sq mi, nearly three times the size of Texas. POPULATION: 104,900,000. Most are mestizos--people of Indian and European (mostly Spanish) ancestry. GOVERNMENT: Presidential-legislative democracy. Vicente Fox became President in December 2000. ECONOMY: Free-market economy. Trade with the U.S. and Canada has tripled since 2001, when a free-trade agreement with the two nations took effect. Mexico has huge oil supplies. MONETARY UNIT: Peso, worth about 10.3 cents in U.S. currency. PER CAPITA [Latin, By the heads or polls.] A term used in the Descent and Distribution of the estate of one who dies without a will. It means to share and share alike according to the number of individuals. (PER PERSON) GDP GDP (guanosine diphosphate): see guanine. : $9,000 * RELIGION: More than 90 percent Roman Catholic; 10% Protestant and others. LITERACY: Men, 94%; women, 91%. LIFE EXPECTANCY: Men, 73 years; women, 78 years. * The value of all items produced by a country in a year, divided by the population. (GDP stands for gross domestic product.) QUESTIONS 1. What river separates Texas and Mexico? -- 2. Baja California belongs to which country? -- 3. What is the capital of Mexico? -- 4. What are the capital city's approximate latitude and longitude latitude and longitude Coordinate system by which the position or location of any place on the Earth's surface can be determined and described. Latitude is a measurement of location north or south of the Equator. ? -- degrees North;--degrees West 5. What named line of latitude Noun 1. line of latitude - an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator parallel of latitude, parallel, latitude polar circle - a line of latitude at the north or south poles crosses Mexico just north of Tampico? -- 6. The Mexican plateau is bordered by which two mountain chains? -- 7. The Yucatain Peninsula has what type of topography? -- 8. To travel from Mexico City to Leon, you would head in which direction? -- 9. Veracruz is how many kilometers west of Campeche? -- 10. About how many miles is San Miguel de Allende San Miguel de Allende is the seat of the municipality of Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, a historic town founded in 1542 that has become an attractive tourist destination for wealthy Mexico City residents and has a large American and Canadian expatriate community comprised primarily from Mexico City? -- ANSWERS 1. Rio Grande 2. Mexico 3. Mexico City 4. 20[degrees]N, 100[degrees]W 5. Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Cancer, parallel of latitude at 23°30' north of the equator; it is the northern boundary of the tropics. This parallel marks the farthest point north at which the sun can be seen directly overhead at noon; north of the parallel the sun appears less than 6. Sierra Madre Occidental Sierra Madre Oc·ci·den·tal A mountain range of northwest Mexico running parallel to the Pacific coastline and adjoining the Mexican plateau. It extends for about 1,609 km (1,000 mi) southward from the border of Arizona. Noun 1. and Oriental 7. Lowlands 8. northwest 9. 600 10. 150 |
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