Mexico Chapter 6

What were Mexico's most valuable resources before oil was discovered?

• coal and natural gas
• scenic landscapes
• rich soils
• minerals

What is the climate like in Mexico's mountain valleys?

• mild
• hot
• cool
• humid

What is the vegetation like in northern Mexico?

• desert plants, dry grasslands
• lush, tropical rain forests
• scrub forest
• fertile farmland

In what part of Mexico are Indian languages and traditional ways of life most common?

• central
• northern
• southern
• eastern

Approximately when did the Maya civilization collapse?

• after 1500
• after 900
• before 1500 BC
• after 1300

To whom did the Spanish monarch grant haciendas?

• favored people of Spanish ancestry
• the Aztecs
• Indian peasants
• mestizos

A problem in Mexico City that is made worse by the surrounding mountains is 

• corruption
• smog
• congestion
• poverty

Which of the following was an achievement of the Maya?

• The studied the stars and developed a detailed calendar
• They built chinampas
• The conquered neighboring tribes and made them pay taxes
• They domesticated an early from of corn

Priests taught Indians Spanish and Catholicism at church outposts known as 

• haciendas
• chinampas
• maquiladoras
• missions

Most Mexicans speak Spanish because

• of Spanish influence in colonial times
• they used to live in Spain
• the Indian languages and Spanish are very similar
• about 90 percent of Mexican citizens were born in Spain