Transcript CHAPTER 10 SECTION 3

BR #2 (PG.228)
• 1 A) How does Mexico rate as a
sender of immigrants to America?
–B) How many Mexican born people
now live in the U.S.?
– C) What is the major cause of migration
• 2) What are the 4 U.S. States with the
busiest border crossings in the world?
• 3) How many illegal Mexicans are
estimated to live in the U.S.?
• 2) What are the 4 U.S. States with
the busiest border crossings in the
world?
• 3) How many illegal Mexicans are
estimated to live in the U.S.?
ANSWERS TO BR #3
• 1A)More people emigrate from Mexico
than from any other country B) 7 million
people C) Migrants can earn a much
higher wage in the U.S
• 2) Texas, New Mexico, Arizona,
California
• 3) 2 Million
CHAPTER 10
SECTION 3
MEXICO TODAY
• MEXICO’S REGIONS(5) The
country is divided into 31 states &
the capital district
Greater Mexico City
• 1) Economic, cultural, & political
center of the country(1/4 of country’s
pop. Is here)
• 2) Home of the country’s largest
university, & greatest museums &
theaters
• 3) Poverty (large slums) exists side
by side with enormous wealth (grand
homes, luxury apartments, world
class restaurants & the stylish urban
area, Zona Rosa, in the center of the
city
• 4)Air pollution, (a broad valley
ringed by mountains trapping
pollutants) is among the worst in the
world
Central Mexico
• 1) Stretches northwest of Mexico
City & across the Mexican
Plateau
• 2) Home of Guadalajara
(country’ 2nd largest city),
• 3) Agricultural center with many
fertile valleys & commercial
farms producing cash crops
(crops grown for sale in a
market)
Gulf Lowlands
• 1) This is the Gulf of Mexico region
between Campeche & Tampico,
including Veracruz, a leading
Mexican seaport
• 2) Also includes the mountains to the
south & the plains of the Yucatan
Peninsula
• 3) Rich deposits of oil & natural gas
are the key to the region’s economy
Southern Mexico
• 1) Includes the mountainous area
south of Mexico City & the plains
of the Yucatan Peninsula
• 2) This is Mexico’s poorest region
• 3) This is Mexico’s most
traditional region with nearly half
of this area’s population being
Mexican Indians
Northern Mexico
• 1) This large dry region has
become very prosperous
• 2) Monterrey is the great
industrial city of the North
drawing migrant workers from all
over Mexico
• 3) Modern infrastructure complete
with good roads & phones that
work
HW #3 (PGS.232-233)
• 1) Define:A) Maquiladoras B) What 2
U.S. cities are the Mexican towns of
Tijuana, & Ciudad Juarez linked to?
• 2) List 3 challenges facing Mexico.
• 3) Why is migration to the U.S. bad for
the Mexican economy?
• 4) Make a connection between
Mexico, the U.S. & drugs.
• 5) What are 3 examples of Mexico’s
poor infrastructure?
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ANSWERS TO HW #3
1A) American companies (in Mexico)
which employ hundreds of Mexicans
who assemble products for export to
the U.S.
B)San Diego,California, El Paso,Texas
2)Economic inequality, reducing crime,
improvement to Mexican infrastructure
3)Takes skilled workers from Mexico
4)A main route for U.S. drug smuggling
5)Unclean water supplies, no modern
sewer, out of date roads & railways