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| Native American, Spanish, modern Mexican | Three main cultures in Mexico today |
| Plaza of Three Cultures | A plaza near the center of Mexico City which symbolizes the traditions that have come together in Mexico. |
| stone ruins of the Aztec marketplace | stands at the center of Plaza of Three Cultures |
| Diego Rivera | one of Mexico's most celebrated artists who painted a series of historical murals along walkways of the National Palace in Mexico City |
| Frida Kahlo | Diego Rivera's wife who is another favorite Mexican painter |
| Octavio Paz | Mexican who won the 1990 Nobel Prize in literature |
| Aztec Empire, New Spain, and Mexican Revolution | three scenes depicted in Diego Rivera's murals on the walkways of the National Palace in Mexico City |
| Mexico City | the second largest city in the world |
| Ballet Folklorico | a group that performs spectacular dances based on Mexican traditions |
| pollution | a problem created by streets jammed with traffic |
| poverty | While nice homes and fine shopping centers line some of Mexico's streets, many people also live in ____________. |
| a plaza | located in the center of each small village where people gather to talk and visit |
| Native American languages such as Aztec and Maya | languages spoken besides Spanish |
| Spanish | The language most people speak in Mexico |
| market day | a day when people gather in the plaza to buy, sell, or trade food, clothing and other goods |
| rural areas | the coutryside where there is poverty, no electricity and running water |
| urban | a city setting where many rural Mexican go to seek jobs |
| Mexico's Independence Day | September 16 when Mexican celebrate Father Hidalgo's call in 1810 to rise up again the Spanish rule |
| Father Miguel Hidalgo | priest who urged farmers in the village of Dolores to rise up against Spanish rule |
| Day of the Dead | a major holiday to remember loved ones who died |
| November 1 and 2 | the date of the Day of the Dead |
| fiesta | a holiday celebrated once a year by each village with parades, games and feasts |
| Independence Day, Day of the Dead and fiestas | 3 Mexican holidays |
| rapid growth of Mexico City | result of many rural people moving to Mexico City |
| percent of people who live in Mexico City | one of every five Mexicans live in here |
