MEXICO

MEXICAN FLAG

MEXICAN GOVERNMENT

• Republic
• Prime Minister
• Congress
• Chamber of Deputies

ENRIQUE PEÑA NIETO

• Current Prime Minister/ President

DOMESTIC ISSUES

• Drugs
• Sex Trafficking
• Poverty
• High Tolerance Rate

DIPLOMATIC ISSUES

• More concentrated border control
• Higher import taxes

TRAVEL WARNINGS

• Violence
• Murder
• 30,000 murders

LANGUAGE

• Spanish
• Nahuatl- 1.4 million
• Yucatec Maya- 750,000
• Mixtec- 500,000

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATS.

• Gulf of Mexico
• Yucatán Peninsula
• Rio Grande

EDUCATION

• Reading score- 425
• Math score- 419
• Secondary Education:
• Lower- grade 7-9
• Upper- grade 10-12

TERRORISM

• Minor
• Oblivious country

RELIGION

• Roman Catholicism- 88%
• Protestant and Evangelicals- 2nd in place

HOLIDAYS

• Cinco de Mayo
• La Pascua
• La Semana Santa
• Day of the Dead

ETHNIC GROUPS

• Mestizos- 62%
• Amerindians- 27%
• White Mexicans- 11%

STATES

• 31 states
• Chihuahua
• Sonora
• Coahuila
• Durango
• Oaxaca

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• Under rule of Spain until 1821
• Mexican-American War
• 1846-1848

CITIES

• Mexico City (capital of Mexico)- 19,982,000
• Guadalajara- 4,365,000
• Monterrey- 3,986,000

EXPORTS/IMPORTS

• Automobiles
• Electronics
• Oil
• Metal machines
• Auto and aircraft repair parts

JOBS

• Wellhead pumper- 27%
• Roustabout- 19.5%
• Technician- 15%
• Healthcare practitioner- 11.7%
• Jeweler- 10%

FOODS

• Rice and beans
• Tamales
• Maize
• Soup and rice
• Casseroles and tacos

HISTORY

• Mayans were native
• Europeans arrived and settled (White Mexicans)

LEADERS AND DICTATORS

• Francisco "Pancho" Villa
• General in Mexican Revolution
• 1910-1920

CURRENCY

• Mexican peso
• 1 US dollar to 18.6 pesos

SURROUNDING COUNTRIES

• United States
• Guatemala
• Belize

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