| A | B |
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| Air Pollution | Pressing environmental concern in Mexico City. |
| Benito Juarez | First Native American to become president of Mexico. |
| Catholicism | Most popular religion in Mexico. |
| Day of the Dead | Mexican holiday that celebrates loved ones who have died. |
| Deforestation | Process of cutting and clearing away trees from a forest. |
| Emiliano Zapata | Fought for Mexican farmers rights. |
| Environmentalists would say | "Deforestation ruins the homeland of the Native Amazonians, and it also contributes to global warming. |
| Fireworks | Used to celebrate Mexican Independence Day and US Independence Day. |
| Government leaders | People who develop the rainforest while balancing the needs of all groups. |
| Mexico | Expanded it's economy allowed for economic growth. |
| Miguel Hidalgo | Village priest that encouraged farmers to overthrow Spanish rule. |
| Native Amazonians would say | "We have lived here for thousands of years without destroying the rainforest. Newcomers bring disease and burn down the forest!" |
| Native contributions to Mexico | Murals, open-air markets, and food. |
| Nonrenewable Resource | Cannot be replaced or can be replaced only over millions of years. |
| Ranchers | People who cut the forest to raise cattle. |
| Renewable Resource | Can be used and replaced over a relatively short period of time. |
| Rubber Tappers | Families that remove the rubber from trees. |
| Settlers would say | "We simply want a plot of land to farm on and call our own. The Natives end up stealing our crops, and others try to burn our homes down." |
| Spanish and Native Americans | Influenced the development of a modern Mexico by creating a society rich in many different traditions. |
| Spanish contributions to Mexico | Language, religion and food. |
| Spanish defeated | Aztecs with guns, swords, and smallpox. |
| Tributary | Rivers or streams that flow into a larger body of water. |
| Vicente Fox | First president in more than 70 years who did not belong to the Revolutionary (PRI). |
