North America Government + Culture

Government has traditionally played a large role in Mexico’s economy.

• True

• False

Mexico has four distinct culture regions.

• True

• False

rise in prices that occurs when currency loses its buying power

• cash crop

• slash-and-burn agriculture

• inflation

original or native resident of a specific region

• maquiladoras

• smog

• indigenous

practice of burning forest to clear land for planting

• slash-and-burn agriculture

• inflation

• indigenous

crop that farmers grow mainly to sell for a profit

• smog

• inflation

• cash crop

world’s second-largest city and Mexico’s capital

• maquiladoras

• Mexico City

• California

what is maquiladoras?

• original or native resident of a specific region

• U.S.- and foreign-owned factories in Mexico

• mixture of smoke, chemicals, and fog

The United States has four regions—the Northeast, the South, the Midwest,

and the West.

• True

• False

The United States has a strong economy and a powerful military but is facing

the challenge of world terrorism.

• True

• False