SS+-+Mexico

How is knowing about different countries in the world important to our lives?


 * Knowing about historic events
 * Learn about other cultures (ways of life)
 * Evaluate the location of other countries (Geography)
 * Discuss different economies
 * Languages
 * Compare/Contrast our country to others
 * Know issues and current events in other countries

__**Geography**__

- There are three countries that border Mexico, they are called the U.S.A,Belize and Guatemala. - Mexico is in the southern part of North America. - These are the bodies of water that border Mexico: the Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. - These are two mountain chains in Mexico: Sierra Madre Occidental and the Sierra Madre Oriental.


 * __Natural Resources__**

- Mexico has many different natural resources. - Natural resources are things that people use that are natural from the world. - Petroleum, which is an oil solution, is one of Mexico's most important natural resources. - Petroleum is valuable and worth a lot of money to Mexico. - Mexico has a large amount of gold, silver, iron and gypsum. - Most of Mexico's natural resources are found beneath the soil.

__**Ancient Mexico**__ - Lots of different regions took place more than 40,000 years ago. -Many different cultures helped shape up Mexico as you see today. -Alot of different cultures lived in the same time and found in two different countries: Middle of America and Mexico. -The first inhabitants who lived in Mexico came from Asia perhaps crossing a land bridge sometime durring the i

__**Olmecs**__

- The word Olmecs means the dweller in the land of rubber. - Some people belive that Olmecs moved the boulders by draging them to the nearest stream. - The Olmecs lived in the humid lowlands of southern Veracruz and Tabasco. - The Olmecs also invented a calender and influced later cultures such as the Aztecs,Mixtec,Totonac and the Maya.


 * __Mexico's Name__**

- Mexico use to be named Metztixcictlico. - Metzixcictlico means the center of the moon. -The word Metzixcictlico was shortened in1519 because it was to hard to say. -The name was made in the time of the Aztecs who were also known as Mexicas. -The Aztecs were warrior people who came from a place called Aztlan.