Social Studies Mexico
Wednesday, 12-19
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- petrochemicals
- chemicals that are made from petroleum
- subsistance farming
- farming that only supplies enough food for the farmer and his family
- Mexico's prominent political party
- PRI
- campesino
- village farmers
- civilization
- a culture that has developed systems of government, religion, and learning
- extended family
- includes parents, children, any other family members, such as aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins
- commercial farming
- the type of farming in which all the crops are grown for sale
- mural
- a work of art on a building wall
- Mexico City
- the capital of Mexico
- Tenochtitlan City
- the Aztec's capital city
- Hernando Cortes
- Spanish military leader who reachedMexico in 1519
- metropolitan area
- includes a large city and all of its surrounding suburbs and towns
- mestizos
- people whom are a mix of Spanish and Indian ancestry
- Mexico's government
- representative democracy
- developing economy
- an economy that is only partly industrialized