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What is the river call that creates the border between Texas and Mexico?
Rio Bravo or Rio Grande
What is the name of the skinny peninsula on Mexico's west coast?
Baja California or Baja Peninsula
What two major bodies of water border Mexico to the east?
The Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea
What is the name of the wide, flat peninsula on Mexico's east coast>
Yucatan Peninsula
What major physical features can be found in the interior of Mexico?
Mountains and or Plateaus
Name one of the natural disasters that Mexico is likely to experience.
Volcanic eruptions or earthquakes
What plant are the early Mexican civilizations credited for having domesticated.
corn
What was special about the capital city of the ancient Aztec civilization of Mexico?
It was the largest city in the world at the time as well as built on an island in a large lake.
What country colonized Mexico?
Spain
How did Spain get rich from it's colony in Mexico?
Gold, Silver or large farms known as haciendas.
What profession did Miguel Hidalgo, the man who inspired the Mexican revolution, practice
He was a Catholic priest
Name two out of the three ancient Mexican civilizations
Olmec, Maya, Aztec
What word mean the original or native residents of a specific place
indigenous
