Chapter 7 Vocabulary - Mexico

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Across
  1. 3. a blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith
  2. 5. in Mexico, a manufacturing plant owned by a foreign country
  3. 9. farm product grown to be sold or traded rather than used by the farm family
  4. 11. technological and economic growth that does not deplete the human and natural resources of a given area
  5. 12. the practice of subcontracting manufacturing work to outside companies, especially foreign or nonunion companies
  6. 14. the loss or destruction of forests, mainly for logging or farming
  7. 15. household made up of several generations of family members
  8. 17. a strip of land that connects two larger landmasses, enabling migration of plants and animals to new areas
Down
  1. 1. relating to or caused by an earthquake
  2. 2. a city that dominates a country's economy, culture, and government and in which population is concentrated, usually the capital
  3. 4. a great city that is made up of several large and small cities
  4. 6. refers to people of mixed indigenous and European descent
  5. 7. Spanish for "conqueror"; Spanish soldier who participated in conquest of indigenous peoples of Latin America
  6. 8. the value of goods and services produced within a country in a year
  7. 10. a climate zone that occurs as elevation increases, with its own natural vegetation and crops
  8. 13. the sinking or settling of land to a lower level in response to various natural and human-caused factors
  9. 16. an area of a country in which trade restrictions do not apply