Mexico - 7th grade

Mexico is made up of:

• countries

• states

• continents

• provinces

This is the natural boarder between The United States and Mexico

• The Nile

• The Mississippi

• The Rio Bravo Del Norte

• Baja California

The Rio Grande starts in:

• Colorado

• Popocatepetl

• The Gulf of Mexico

• The Mississippi

Between Baja California and mainland Mexico is:

• The Gulf of Mexico

• The Gulf of California

• Pacific Ocean

• Popocatepetl

Sierra Madre Occidental is on the _________ coast:

• North

• South

• East

• West

Sierra Madre ____________ is on the east coast

• Oriental

• Occidental

• Tierra

• Plateau

The land that's elevation is sea level - 3,000 ft - with hot summers and mild winters is:

• Rain Shadow

• Tierra templada

• Mexico City

• Tierra Caliente

Tierra fria:

• Low grass land

• mother mountain range

• highest mountain tops are covered in snow

• rain shadow

This stops precipitation from reaching much of the Plateau of Mexico

• Rain Shadow

• Mood Shadow

• Tierra templada

• Occidental

The reason a lot of people chose to live on the slopes of Popocatepetl was because:

• The soil on the slope of the volcano is full of nutrients

• The heat that comes from the volcano helps warm homes

• Houses are easier to build on the slope of a volcano

• Many animals refused to go on the side of the volcano so the people felt more safe