Ch.7 L2 Quiz

The National capitol city of all of Mexico is:

• Guadalajara
• Mexico City
• Rio Grande
• Monterrey

What language is spoken in Mexico?

• Portuguese 
• English
• Spanish
• Roman

Northern Mexico has a ________ climate.

• tropical
• subtropical
• dry

Southern Mexico is part of a _________ that connects North America and South America.

• crossroads
• peninsula
• land bridge

What is Geography? (geografia)

• The study of the Earth and its people

• The study of the past

• The study of the human body

• The study of living organisms

Mexico's 3 large mountain ranges are called the ________.

• Sierra Madre
• Rocky Mountains
• Mexican Plateau
• Valley of Mexico

climate zones that occur as elevation increases, each with its own natural vegetation and crops

• land bridge
• seismic
• vertical climate zones
• conquistador

Spanish for "conqueror"; Spanish soldier who participated in the conquest of indigenous peoples of Latin America

• land bridge
• seismic
• vertical climate zones
• conquistador

relating to or caused by an earthquake

• land bridge
• seismic
• vertical climate zones
• conquistador

refers to people of mixed indigenous and European descent

• mestizo
• cash crop
• syncretism
• megacity