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Chapter 5
MEXICO
Lesson 2
Core Vocabulary
Rain Forest 雨林 Tropical Savanna climate. 热带稀树草原气候 Altitude 海拔 Tierra Caliente 高山暖温带 Tierra tempalada 高山温带 Tierra fria 高山寒带
MEXICO
What Mountains are in Mexico?
Sierra Madre
Sierra
Madre
Occidental
Sierra Nevada
Mountains
Sierra Nevada Range
What Are Mexico’s Tallest Mts.
Mt Pico de Orizaba
18,700 feet high
Mt. Popocatepetl
ACAPULCO BAY
What Are Some Famous Resorts in MEXICO?
Acapulco
Puerto Vallarta
The city of Acapulco has long been thought of as the classic resort town. Celebrated in song by Frank Sinatra and revered as the best place to enjoy Mexican nightlife, Acapulco has a long history. Even before the arrival of Columbus, early people inhabited current day Acapulco and left behind stone pottery and utensils. In recent decades Acapulco has been in a tourism decline,
Playa La Angosta is just one of the quieter beaches located on the west side of the peninsula. It is just a small, sheltered, often deserted cove that is just so perfect for those who are seeking for peace and tranquility.
What Are The Major Bodies of Water?
Lake Chapala
Lake Chapala
Lake Patzcuaro
What is The Climate Like in Mexico?
Com
mon
Sav
anna
pla
nts
How Do Mountains Affect Mexico’s Climate?
What are Mexico’s three Altitudinal Zones
What are Mexico’s three Altitudinal Zones
Tierra Caliente - lower altitudes.
Tierra Tempalda 3,000 – 6,000m
Tierra tempalda is temperate land – neither too hot or toocold
Tierra Fria – above 6,000.
END of Lesson 2
HOMEWORK: Make sure you get a preview of lesson 3 to MAY by
Monday – P.125-128.
This is one face of Mexico!
This is another face of Mexico!
Mexico
Two Worlds
The Mexican Farmer’s Story A lot of Mexicans are farmers and want
to leave for the wealth in the USHispanics made up about 40% of all U.S. agricultural workers in 2005. (Census Bureau)
The Mexican’s Story
Difficult to make a living in Mexico.
Benefits of working in the US are obvious.
Workers typically want to return to Mexico
Becoming more difficult to cross the border
More likely to move family to the US
Buena Vista
Crossing the Border
Cost about $5,000 to $8,000 dollars Borrow money from community
members Hire a “coyote” or smuggler to get
across the border Nearly 500 die
crossing the border each year
Expected to helpthe next person
Crossing the Border
Main causes of death at the border:– Hypothermia– Dehydration– Sun stroke– Stinging by poisonous insects– Drowning– Car Accidents– Homicide
US Border Patrol Statistics
Unauthorized Immigrant Population
11,550,000 unauthorized immigrants residing in US (arrived 1980-2006)– 8.4 million from North America– 1.4 million from Asia– 1.0 million from South America– 0.5 million from Europe
Department of Homeland Security
Duel Identity In Mexico these
employees are seen as as providers, responsible and hardworking
In US they are seen as illegal.
Salgado de Synder, 1996
Remittances
$23.1 billion in remittances to Mexico in 2006
Summary Impact of US dollars
on Mexico was prevalent
Many opportunities for cultural miscommunication
Mexican people were outstanding
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