MEXICO

HOW DID MEXICO BECOME A COUNTRY?

• On September 16, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a parish priest from the town of Dolores, issued a call to rebellion. In response, rebel leader Vicente Guerrero and defected royalist general Agustín de Itúrbide collaborated to gain Mexico's independence from Spain in 1821.

WHERE IS MEXICO LOCATED?

• Mexico is in both the northern and western hemispheres. Disected by the Tropic of Cancer, the country is positioned in North America, and bordered by Belize, Guatemala, the United States, and the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.

WHAT KIND OF GOVERNMENT DOES MEXICO?

• Mexico is a federal presidential representative democratic republic, where the President is both head of state and head of government. The current government of Mexico is guided by the 1917 constitution. Mexico's government has three branches, namely the executive, legislative, and judiciary.

WHAT ARE THE TOP 5 INDUSTRIES IN MEXICO?

• Mexico has the ninth-largest economy in the world. Its main industries are food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, and tourism. ... Agriculture accounts for 5 percent of Mexico's gross domestic product; industry, 26 percent; and services, 69 percent.

WHAT ARE THE MAIN RELIGIONS BEING PRACTICED IN MEXICO(TOP3) WHO ARE SOME FAMOUS MEXICANS? (4-5)

• The top 3 religions are Roman,Catholicism,Christian
• Eduardo Luiz Saverin Salma Hayek Pinault José Alberto Rodriguez Stephanie Sigman

WHAT LANGUAGES DO THEY SPEAK?WHAT CURRENCY DO THEY USE?WHAT IS THE EXCHANGE RATE?

• Spanish
• Mexican peso
• 1 Mexican Peso equals 0.052 US Dollar

WHAT TYPE OF GEOGRAPHY DOES MEXICO HAVE?WHAT KIND OF FOOD DO THEY EAT? 4

• Almost all of Mexico is on the North American Plate, with small parts of the Baja California Peninsula in the northwest on the Pacific and Cocos Plates. Some geographers include the portion east of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec including the Yucatán Peninsula within North America.
• Enchiladas small fish tacos prepared with a carnitas filling and pozole.

WHAT CULTURAL DAYS DO THEY CELEBRATE?

• The Day of the Dead, Dia de los Reyes,Semana Santa and Cinco De Mayo.

HOW MANY STATES ARE THERE IN MEXICO AND WHAT IS THE CAPITAL?

• 31 states
• Mexico City