| A | B |
|---|
| GDP per capita | GDP scaled to population |
| inflation | increase in prices |
| HDI | Human Development Index |
| Gini coefficient | measure of income inequality |
| Distrito Federal | Mexico City |
| foreign exchange reserves | net incoming foreign funds |
| PEMEX | state-owned petroleum |
| WWI | created demand for products |
| Slim | richest man |
| Calderon | current President |
| Herzog | Finance Minister |
| Murrieta | assassinated PRI candidate |
| Cortes | captured Tenochtitlan |
| Carlos V | Spanish king imported slaves |
| de Gortari | President negotiated NAFTA |
| NAFTA | eliminated tariffs |
