| A | B |
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| Rio Bravo | In U.S. the Rio Grande, it is the border between US and Mexico. |
| peninsula | A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides. |
| Baja California | A strip of land stretching south into the Pacific to the west of the Mexican mainland. |
| Gulf of Mexico | Borders Mexico to the east. |
| Yucatan Peninsula | Separates Mexico from the Caribbean Sea. |
| Sierra Madre | The mountain ranges in Mexico. |
| empire | A land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler. |
| mestizos | People of mixed European and Indian ancestry. |
| missions | Church outposts. |
| haciendas | Huge expanses of farm or ranch land granted to people by the Spanish monarch. |
| inflation | A rise in prices that occurs when currency loses its buying power. |
| slash-and-burn agriculture | The practice of burning forest in order to clear land for planting. |
| cash crop | A crop farmers grow mainly to sell for profit. |
| Mexico City | The world's 2nd largest city and Mexico's capital. |
| smog | A mixture of smoke, chemicals, and fog. |
| maquiladoras | U.S. and foreign-owed factories in Mexico. |
