Geography Mexico Flash Cards
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- Conquistadores
- Spanish conquerors
- Hacienda
- Spanish colonists formed large, self-sufficient farming estates known as these.
- Maquiladores
- Factories built along the border between the U.S. and Mexico to take advantage of cheap mexican labor.
- Nafta
- North American Free Trade Agreement, A trade agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico that encourages free trade between these North American countries.
- Smokeless
- the ground up tobacco that is inhaled or chewed rather than smoked
- Industries
- groups of firms that produce similar products or provide similar services
- Caudillo
- military dictator in Spanish-speaking countries
- Campesino
- farm worker; peasant
- Ejido
- farmlands collectively owned by the community
- Mestizo
- a person of mixed spanish and native american ancestry
- Emigration
- the movement of individuals out of an area
- Subsistence Farming
- farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing
- Free Trade
- the removal of trade barriers so that goods can flow freely between countries
- Poverty
- the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
- Staple Food
- A basic but nutritious food that forms the basis of a traditional diet
- Immigration
- migration to a new location
- Commercial Farming
- the raising of crops and livestock for sale in markets
- Ranching and Herding
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- Cays
- islands formed over thousands of years from the accumulation of coral
- Unitary State
- An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials.
- Federal System
- a government that divides the powers of government between the national government and state or provincial governments
- Confederation
- An alliance of independent states
- Oligarchy
- form of government in which a few people have the power
- Monarchy
- A government ruled by a king or queen
- Atoll
- a small island the shape of a ring or horseshoe formed by deposits of coral sea animals