1. Section 1: Natural Environments Section 2: History and Culture
CHAPTER 10
Mexico
Section 1: Natural Environments
Section 2: History and Culture
Section 3: Mexico Today

2. Question: What changes occurred in Mexico during the colonial period?
SECTION 2
History and Culture
Question:
What changes occurred in Mexico during the colonial period?

3. History and Culture SECTION 2 Disease Farming Government Population
Many indigenous people were killed by European diseases.
Farming
Small communal ejidos were replaced by large haciendas.
Government
Aztec Empire was replaced by a Spanish colonial government.
Population
Mestizos became the largest segment of the population.
Religion
Most people were converted to Roman Catholicism.

4. Question: What are some challenges for the future of Mexico?
SECTION 3
Mexico Today
Question:
What are some challenges for the future of Mexico?

5. Resolving Economic Inequality Improving Infrastructure
SECTION 3
Mexico Today
Challenges for the Future
Resolving Economic Inequality
Reducing Crime
Improving Infrastructure
• poverty • wealth in the hands of a few rich people • few opportunities for Mexican Indians • loss of skilled laborers through migration
• result of widespread poverty • main route for drug smuggling into the United States • government corruption
• lack of clean water and modern sewers • many roads and railways out of date • difficult to move goods to market

6. Chapter Wrap-Up CHAPTER 10
1. Why does northwestern Mexico have dry weather?
2. What peoples ruled Mexico before the arrival of Spaniards?
3. Why is Roman Catholicism the most common religion in Mexico?
4. In what ways is Greater Mexico City important to the entire country?
5. How have Mexican politics changed in recent years?