MEXICAN CULTURE

APPEARANCE:

• Women: wear traditional skirts, use shawls (rebozos)
• Men: in traditional parties they wear sombreros and boots
• The women use colorful jewelry
• They are tanned color.

BELIEFS:

• 90% Are known to be Catholics
• 6% Are Protestant and Christian
• Small communities of Muslims,
• Jews, and Buddhist.

CRAFTS, CREATIVITY, CUSTOMS

• It's important for them to let their
• visitors feel welcome in their homes.
• Mariachi music is very popular in Mexican parties
• Pottery, and making cotton garments is popular

DATES;

• Independence Day is very popular in Mexico.
• It is celebrated on September 6th.
• Its when Mexico won against Spain.
• Another famous is Cinco De Mayo.
• For the Mexican victory from the French.

ECONOMY:

• Mexico is trade partners with United Staes,
• Canada, China, and Germany
• Imports: petroleum, auto parts, other electronic parts
• Yearly income per average household is about $6,804.00
• Exports: petroleum, auto parts, monitors and projections

FAMILY:

• The men is usually the authority of a home.
• Some women work, most stay at home
• Mexico is a male-centric society

GOVERNMENT:

• Mexico is a Federal Republic
• The president is:
• Enrique Peña Nieto

HOUSING:

• Most are in big neighborhoods
• An average home has about 3-2 rooms

INFORMATION:

• News play a big part:
• Let the people know of their surroundings
• And television is used for entertainment:
• Many women like to watch "novelas"
• Or soap operas.

JOBS:

• Most payed are airplane pilot and teachers
• Most common and less payed are :
• Mining
• Restaurant
• And construction

KINDS OF ENVIROMENT:

• There's parks where people walk
• They have mountains and beaches

LANGUAGE:

• Most speak Spanish.
• But there's about 62 indigenous languages
• Such as Aztec and Nahuatl,
• Only about 6% of the population are non-Spanish speaking

MOVEMENT:

• Most of transportation is by taxi and bus.
• Not everyone owns a car.
• Another is by foot, it's easier for them.

NATIONAL PRIDE:

• They are very serious about they pride.
• They express it by wearing their custom clothing.
• They are big supporters of their countries team
• in any sport.

ORGANIZATIONS:

• Are a founding member of the OAS
• The inter-American treaty of reciprocal assistance
• Or the (rio treaty)

POPULATION:

• The population is about 117.41 million
• Area: 761,616 square miles
• Pop. Density is about 57 people per sq.mi.
• There are about 56 indigenous groups
• One of the largest is the Mestizos

QUALITY OF LIFE:

• Life expectancy is about 76 years
• Crude birth rate: 1.10
• Total fertility rate: 2.25
• Infant mortality rate: 16.26

RESOURCES:

• Petroleum,
• Silver, copper, gold,zinc
• Natural gas &
• Timber

SCHOOLS:

• Literacy rate: 86.1 ranking 145 out of 194
• Schools are improving from the last decade
• Have primary school(primaria) grades 1-6
• Middle school(secundaria) 7-9
• High school(preparatoria) 10-12

TABOOS:

• Shouldn't talk about anti-church ideas
• Mexicans are very religions, & will get offended
• Don't be disrespectful around your family members
• Be polite and show manners

URBAN OR RURAL:

• Mexico is 80% rural
• Only about 3/4 of the population
• Live in cities

VACATION & RECREATION:

• There's many museums to see
• They have the Guadalupe shrivel
• And the many pyramids there are
• And the the large and famous beaches

WEATHER & CLIMATE:

• Mexico had different climates:
• In some parts it can be tropical
• Some are dry deserts
• And some have snow-capped mountains

X-MARKS THE SPOT:

• Mexico is between the U.S and shouts America
• It's bordered by the pacific and Caribbean Sea
• And Gulf of Mexico
• It's located in the tectonic plates of North America,
• Pacific and cocos

YUMMMM!:

• Chocolate is known to be made 1st
• by native people of Mexico. From the xocolatl beans
• It's used in some famous dishes like mole.
• Other Mexican treats can be pandulce, and churro
• Famous dishes include tamales, enchiladas and chilaquiles

ZOOLOGY:

• Some animals include:
• Mexican grey wolf
• Donkey
• Jaguar
• And Mexican garter snake

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SOURCES:

• http://www.livescience.com/38647-mexican-culture.html
• http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/countries/mexico/
• http://atlas.media.mit.edu/country/mex/
• http://www.trails.com/facts_3874_facts-mexico-environment.html
• http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/cultural_differences_mexico_united_...

BY:

• Citlalli Saldana
• Denise Marquez
• Vaneza Caballero