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Chapter 13 Mexico. 6 th Grade Social Studies. CHAPTER 13. Mexico. Section 1: Physical Geography Section 2: History and Culture Section 3: Mexico Today. Gulf of Mexico Baja California Gulf of California Rio Bravo Mexican Plateau Mount Orizaba. Locate. X. X. X. X. X. X. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Chapter 13 Mexico
6th Grade Social Studies
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Section 1: Physical Geography
Section 2: History and Culture
Section 3: Mexico Today
CHAPTER 13
Mexico
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Locate
• Gulf of Mexico• Baja California• Gulf of California• Rio Bravo• Mexican Plateau• Mount Orizaba
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Locate (cont.)
• Sierra Madre Occidental
• Sierra Madre Oriental
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States of Mexico
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Main Ideas• The major physical features of Mexico
include Baja California, Mexican Plateau, Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental, Valley of Mexico, mount Orizaba, and the Yucatan Peninsula, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of California, Rio Bravo.
• The major climate zones of Mexico are steppe, desert, savanna, and humid tropical.
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Main Idea (cont.)
• The major climate zones of Mexico are steppe, desert, savanna, and humid tropical.
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Vocabulary
• sinkholesA steep-sided depression formed when the roof of a cave collapses
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SECTION 1
Physical GeographyThe Physical Geography of MexicoThe Physical Geography of Mexico
LandformsIsthmus of Tehuantepec, Baja California, Mexican Plateau, Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental, Yucatán Peninsula,
Valley of Mexico
Bodies of WaterRio Bravo, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California
Resourcesoil, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc
Climates/Animals/Plantsdeserts, steppe, savanna, humid tropical/ cougars, coyotes, deer, anteaters, jaguars, mon-keys, parrots/ desert scrub, rain forests, dry grasslands
MEXICO
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Regions of Mexico (6:53)
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Sec 2: History and Culture Objectives
• Identify some early cultures that developed in Mexico.
• Describe what Mexico was like under Spanish rule and after Independence.
• Identify some important features of Mexican culture.
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Main Ideas• The Maya’s major achievements included
astronomical calculations, calendar, a writing system, and complex agricultural systems. The Aztec’s built Tenochtitlan, and grew crops on chinampas.
• The effects of Spanish rule on Mexico was a blend of cultures, the spread of Roman Catholicism, mining of gold and silver, and the division of land into haciendas.
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Vocabulary
• chinampas(chuh-NAM-puhs) The name the Aztecs gave to raised fields on which they grew crops
• conquistadores(kahn-kees-tuh-DAWR-ez) Spanish conquerors during the era of colonization in the Americas
• epidemicWidespread outbreak, often referring to a disease
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Vocabulary (cont.)
• empireA system in which a central power controls a number of territories
• mestizos(me-STEE-zohs) People of mixed European and American Indian ancestry
• mulattoes(muh-LA-tohs) People of mixed European and African ancestry
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Vocabulary (cont.)
• missionsSpanish church outposts established during the colonial era, particularly in the Americas
• ejidos(e-HEE-thohs) Lands owned and worked by groups of Mexican Indians
• haciendas(hah-see-EN-duhs) Huge farmlands granted by the Spanish monarch to favored people in Spain’s colonies
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History of Mexico(12:25)
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SECTION 2
History and Culture
Colonial Mexico
Colonial Mexico
Spanish, American Indians, and Africans
mixed cultures, Missions established
to spread religion, Ejidos taken away,
replaced by haciendas.
Spanish, American Indians, and Africans
mixed cultures, Missions established
to spread religion, Ejidos taken away,
replaced by haciendas.
After Independence
After Independence
Texas revolts, later joins the United
States; in war over U.S.-Mexico border, Mexico loses land to United States; 1920 revolution changes
government and restores ejidos back
to peasants.
Texas revolts, later joins the United
States; in war over U.S.-Mexico border, Mexico loses land to United States; 1920 revolution changes
government and restores ejidos back
to peasants.
1821 Independence
1821 Independence
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Main Ideas
• The three economic problems faced by Mexico include debt to foreign banks, high unemployment, and inflation.
• Greater Mexico City is the most developed and crowded. The Central interior has fertile valleys. The Oil coast is a forested plain with a growing population. Southern Mexico is the poorest region. Northern Mexico is prosperous and modern and the Yucatan is sparsely populated and draws tourism.
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Vocabulary
• inflationThe rise in prices that occurs when currency loses its buying power
• cash cropsCrops produced primarily to sell rather than for the farmer to eat
• smogA mixture of smoke, chemicals, and fog
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Vocabulary (cont.)
• maquiladoras(mah-kee-lah-DORH-ahs) Foreign-owned factories located along Mexico’s northern border with the United States
• slash-and-burn agricultureA type of agriculture in which forests are cut and burned to clear land for planting
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Mexico: Part 1(18:44)
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Mexico: Park 2 (18:06)
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SECTION 3
Mexico Today
ECONOMY—Challengesforeign debts, poverty,
high unemployment, inflation
ECONOMY—Industryoil, mining, manufacturing,
many foreign companies build factories in Mexico
GOVERNMENTelected president and
a congress, Partido Revolucionario Institucional controlled government for
71 years
ECONOMY—Agriculturefarming, coffee,
sugarcane, livestock ranching, cash crops
ECONOMY—Tourismvisit old colonial sites, Maya and
Aztec monuments, coastal resorts
Mexico
Government and Economy of MexicoGovernment and Economy of Mexico
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Chapter Wrap-Up
1. What is the Mexican Plateau?2. Why are the coastal plains now more heavily
settled?3. How did European diseases affect the
Indians in Mexico?4. What were the main ethnic divisions in New
Spain?5. How are agriculture and industry in Mexico
and the United States related?
1. What is the Mexican Plateau?2. Why are the coastal plains now more heavily
settled?3. How did European diseases affect the
Indians in Mexico?4. What were the main ethnic divisions in New
Spain?5. How are agriculture and industry in Mexico
and the United States related?
CHAPTER 13
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