Mexico
Geography 204 with Thomas at Michigan State University
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The World Today, Study Guide: Concepts and Regions in Geography
Created: 2010-02-28
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south east mexico
a moutain backbone forms the isthmus of tehuantepec
population patterns
- doubling in 33 years
- but there population will stop growing all together by 2050
- but there population will stop growing all together by 2050
Where do the people live?
- highlands
- more than 60 percent live between veracruz and quadalajara (central region)
- in the north no people
- some in the yucatan penninsula
-mexico city 25% of pop
- more than 60 percent live between veracruz and quadalajara (central region)
- in the north no people
- some in the yucatan penninsula
-mexico city 25% of pop
who are they?
-60% of mexican are mestizos
- 10% european
-22% perdometly amerindian
- 8% amerindian
- 10% european
-22% perdometly amerindian
- 8% amerindian
language
- south speak indigenous
- other spanish
- other spanish
maquiladoras
us garment factories placed in mexico
push and pull
- push- economically stagnant country side
- pull - urbanization of the cities
- pull - urbanization of the cities
chiapas and oaxaca
- poorest states farming but very populated
oil
south east on the coast of gulf of mexico
Mexico 1824
- texas, cali, colorado, arizonia
1848 Guadalupe Hidaigo treaty
us gave mexico 15 mil for land
Gadsen purchase
- to make railroads
-the lost half their country
-the lost half their country
HDI
- 11 with 111 mil
15 cities
- 9/15 are in the popular region
older or younger
younp people
pastur or cropland
-maily pasture not much cropland so people need to migrate so they can eat
Volcanoes
- where the population is
- the cities are in high elevation
> 3,300
- nice temparate climate
- lowland areas to hot
- the cities are in high elevation
> 3,300
- nice temparate climate
- lowland areas to hot
Mexico City Temperture
- High elevation stays cool all the time
veracruz temp
- hot all year cause on the coast of the carribean and gulf of mexico
Isthmus of Tehuantepec
- closet point between carribean and golf of mexico so they built a canal
area around mexico city
- colonial aspect of it into grids around the plaza
- plaza is scary at night
- plaza is scary at night
houses in colonial are
- they are right on the streat and you cannot tell the size of the house untill u go iside you can only see the color
auqua ducks
- carry water
smog
- greatest problem in mexico city because everything around is high elevation
Northern part of Mexico
- the states that border the U.S.
- Border is 2,000 miles long
- Border is 2,000 miles long
About this deck
By: Nikki Bishop
Textbook: The World Today, Study Guide: Concepts and Regions in Geography
Created: 2010-02-28
Size: 25 flashcards
Views: 22
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The World Today, Study Guide: Concepts and Regions in GeographyCreated: 2010-02-28
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