Ch. 8 Review

Spanish kings/queens gave haciendas to -

• favored people of Spanish ancestry

• Aztecs

• Indian peasants

• mestizos

one of Mexico City's problems that is worse because of the mountains surrounding the area -

• corruption

• congestion

• smog

• poverty

an achievement of the Mayan community -

• studied stars and made a calendar

• built chinampas

• conquered neighboring tribes and made them pay taxes

• domesticated an early form of corn

Mexico's most valuable resources before oil was discovered -

• coal and natural gas

• scenic landscapes

• rich soils

• minerals

In the __________ part of Mexico, Indian languages and traditional ways of life are most common.

At church outposts known as ____________, Priests taught Indians Spanish and Catholicism.

Why do most Mexicans speak Spanish even to this day?

• Spanish influence during colonial times

• they used to live in Spain

• Indian languages and Spanish are very similar

• about 90 percent of Mexican citizens were born in Spain

People from all over, known as ____________, come to Mexico to visit the coastal beach resorts and the ancient Aztec and Mayan monuments.

When are the Maya civilization believed to have collapsed?

• after 1500

• after 900

• before 1500 BC

• after 1300

Who brought conquistadors with him and conquered the Aztecs?

• Miguel Hidalgo

• Hernan Cortez

• Benito Juarez

• Vicente Fox