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Mexico

Mexico. Mexico Mexico City. Location. Northern border: United States South border Guatemala and Belize Mexico’s east coast borders the Gulf of Mexico The west coast of Mexico touches the Pacific Ocean. Mountains . The Mexican Plateau is 3,000 feet high and much is dry

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Mexico

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  1. Mexico • Mexico Mexico City

  2. Location • Northern border: United States • South border Guatemala and Belize • Mexico’s east coast borders the Gulf of Mexico • The west coast of Mexico touches the Pacific Ocean

  3. Mountains • The Mexican Plateau is 3,000 feet high and much is dry • The Mexican Plateau has a mountainous surface • Mountains border the plateau on each side • Western range: Sierra Madre Occidental • Eastern range: Sierra Madre Oriental

  4. Volcanoes • The southern part of the Mexican Plateau ends in a range of volcanoes

  5. Climate • 2/3 of Mexico lies north of the tropic of cancer and has a temperate climate • Much of Mexico has a high elevation so even parts that lie in the tropics have a temperate climate • Mexico has a semiarid climate meaning it is dry but not as dry as a desert • The dries part of Mexico is Baja California

  6. Aztecs

  7. Mexican Flag

  8. Agriculture • Subsistence Farming- family grows food for themselves • Main crop: maize • Commercial Farming- raise crops for sale

  9. Population Growth • Mexico is one of the most rapidly growing countries in the world • This causes many problems

  10. Population Growth • Many people live in the middle of the country • The northern part of Mexico is the least populated because it is so dry

  11. Population • Over half of the people in Mexico live in urban areas • Urban means having to do with the city

  12. Countryside to City • People who leave one place to live in another place within their country are called migrants • People do this because cities are more populated to find work, or for better opportunities

  13. Countryside to City • Poor migrants live on unused land and build houses from scraps of lumber, tin, or cardboard. This is called squatter settlements. • Mexican cities also have neighborhoods for the middle class and rich.

  14. Our Lady of Guadalupe • Patroness of the Americas

  15. Day of the Dead • November 1 & 2 • Remember those who have died • Viewed as a continuation of life

  16. Independence Day • September 16 • Freedom from Spain • Father Hidalgo- gathered people to fight for freedom

  17. Cinco de Mayo • Mexico borrowed $ from France • Mexico couldn’t pay France back to France invades Mexico • Mexico defeated the French on May 5

  18. The Republic of Mexico • Mexico is a republic- it has an elected leader, the president who serves a 6 year term Current President: Enrique Peña Nieto

  19. The Republic of Mexico • Each state elects 2 senators and deputies or representatives • The # of deputies is determined by population • There are currently 500 deputies

  20. PRI • Mexico has one major political party, Institutional Revolutionary Party or the PRI. However, there are other political parties • * The current president is a member of the PRI

  21. Troubled Economy • Mexico has many debts. Mexico discovered oil so the government began many costly projects. • It borrowed billions of dollars from other countries

  22. Troubled Economy • They were going to repay the money from the oil they would sell. When banks lend money to they charge interest a % of the amount borrowed • In 1981 the price of oil fell. Mexico had a hard time paying back the debts so the economy suffered.

  23. New Opposition • By 1988 a new political party, National Action Party (PAN) established itself • The last president was a member of PAN

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