Mexico

Topography

1. Sierra Madre Occidental (west)
2. Sierra Madre Oriental (east)
3. Sierra Madre del Sur (south)

Border Towns

• Mexico
  • Tijuana
  • Mexicali
  • Matamoros
• US
  • San Diego
  • Calexico
  • El Paso

Major Features

1. Baja Peninsula
2. Yucatan Peninsula
3. Sonora Desert

Resources

1. Silver
2. Oil

People

• Copper Canyon
  • Taramuhara (runners)
  • Grand Canyon of Mexico

Tourist Destinations

• Cancun (rainforest)
  • East Yucatan
• Acapulco
  • West side

History of Mexico City

• Mexico city
  • built on a filled in lake
  • its sinking 20 cm a year
  • most populous city in the western hemisphere
• Tenochtitlan
  • built on Lake Texcoco
  • floating areas for agriculture
  • aquaducts for fresh water
  • 4 causeways that connected it to the mainland
  • 9 temple pyramids
  • largest being the temple mayor (Spanish for major)
  • Grand Market
  • population of about 250k
  • conquered by Hernan Cortez in 1521
  • known for human sacrifice

People

• Criollos
  • a mix of Mayan and Native Americans
• Amerindian
• Mestizo
  • mix of Spaniard and Native people