Chapter 5

MEXICO

Lesson 2

Core Vocabulary

Rain Forest 雨林 Tropical Savanna climate. 热带稀树草原气候 Altitude 海拔 Tierra Caliente 高山暖温带 Tierra tempalada 高山温带 Tierra fria 高山寒带

MEXICO

What Mountains are in Mexico?

Sierra Madre

Sierra

Madre

Occidental

Sierra Nevada

Mountains

Sierra Nevada Range

What Are Mexico’s Tallest Mts.

Mt Pico de Orizaba

18,700 feet high

Mt. Popocatepetl

ACAPULCO BAY

What Are Some Famous Resorts in MEXICO?

Acapulco

Puerto Vallarta

The city of Acapulco has long been thought of as the classic resort town. Celebrated in song by Frank Sinatra and revered as the best place to enjoy Mexican nightlife, Acapulco has a long history. Even before the arrival of Columbus, early people inhabited current day Acapulco and left behind stone pottery and utensils. In recent decades Acapulco has been in a tourism decline,

Playa La Angosta is just one of the quieter beaches located on the west side of the peninsula. It is just a small, sheltered, often deserted cove that is just so perfect for those who are seeking for peace and tranquility.

What Are The Major Bodies of Water?

Lake Chapala

Lake Chapala

Lake Patzcuaro

What is The Climate Like in Mexico?

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How Do Mountains Affect Mexico’s Climate?

What are Mexico’s three Altitudinal Zones

What are Mexico’s three Altitudinal Zones

Tierra Caliente - lower altitudes.

Tierra Tempalda 3,000 – 6,000m

Tierra tempalda is temperate land – neither too hot or toocold

Tierra Fria – above 6,000.

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This is one face of Mexico!

This is another face of Mexico!

Mexico

Two Worlds

The Mexican Farmer’s Story A lot of Mexicans are farmers and want

to leave for the wealth in the USHispanics made up about 40% of all U.S. agricultural workers in 2005. (Census Bureau)

The Mexican’s Story

Difficult to make a living in Mexico.

Benefits of working in the US are obvious.

Workers typically want to return to Mexico

Becoming more difficult to cross the border

More likely to move family to the US

Buena Vista

Crossing the Border

Cost about $5,000 to $8,000 dollars Borrow money from community

members Hire a “coyote” or smuggler to get

across the border Nearly 500 die

crossing the border each year

Expected to helpthe next person

Crossing the Border

Main causes of death at the border:– Hypothermia– Dehydration– Sun stroke– Stinging by poisonous insects– Drowning– Car Accidents– Homicide

US Border Patrol Statistics

Unauthorized Immigrant Population

11,550,000 unauthorized immigrants residing in US (arrived 1980-2006)– 8.4 million from North America– 1.4 million from Asia– 1.0 million from South America– 0.5 million from Europe

Department of Homeland Security

Duel Identity In Mexico these

employees are seen as as providers, responsible and hardworking

In US they are seen as illegal.

Salgado de Synder, 1996

Remittances

$23.1 billion in remittances to Mexico in 2006

Summary Impact of US dollars

on Mexico was prevalent

Many opportunities for cultural miscommunication

Mexican people were outstanding

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