Geography Chapter 3: Mexico

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Across
  1. 1. taking land from the wealthy and giving it to those who have worked on it
  2. 4. law or act that limits imports or puts taxes on them
  3. 9. poor farmer/farmworker
  4. 10. in water, not on land
  5. 12. against the law
  6. 14. area of land that is neither too hot or cold
  7. 16. shaking of Earth's surface caused by plate movement
  8. 21. climate that is hot all year, but has a wet and a dry season
  9. 22. a strip of land surrounded by water on three sides
  10. 24. large movement of people from one place to another
  11. 25. the height of something above sea level
  12. 26. mixture of native and European ancestry
  13. 31. native peasants who once rebelled against the Mexican government
  14. 34. lowlands between mountains
  15. 35. money a country owes other governments
  16. 36. person who is related to a certain group of people
Down
  1. 2. a type of tree that drops its leaves
  2. 3. the use of science and machines to improve things
  3. 5. trading without any barriers between countries
  4. 6. a nation that rules a large area of land
  5. 7. an area of level highland
  6. 8. thick forest in the Tropics where much rain falls
  7. 11. slow movement of Earth's underground plates
  8. 13. foreign owned assembly plant
  9. 15. high altitude with a cold average temperature
  10. 17. low altitude with a hot average temperature
  11. 18. to channel or bring in water to fields
  12. 19. a mountain formed when liquid hot rock comes to Earth's surface
  13. 20. hot, liquid rock
  14. 23. narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas
  15. 27. what allows Canada, the US, and Mexico to trade freely
  16. 28. a poor farmer
  17. 29. separate from other areas or people
  18. 30. overthrowing of a government
  19. 32. thick growth of trees and vines
  20. 33. overcrowded, poor area in a town or city