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?

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