BR #2 (PG.228)

1. 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. 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.?

3. 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

4. CHAPTER 10 SECTION 3 MEXICO TODAY

5. 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

7. 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

8. 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)

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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?

13. 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