Culture and Geography of Mexico

The Culture and Geography The Culture and Geography of Mexicoof Mexico

http://geographyeducation.org/courses/primary-source/

“Latin America?”Mexico: A Newly Developed Nation

General Outline

Why study Mexico? Physical geography of Mexico Mexican history through art Cultural overview and regional context Mexico City Border Issues

Why learn about Mexico?

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http://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/mexican-born-population-over-time?width=1000&height=850&iframe=true

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21st Century—limited undocumented migration

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Changes in the USA Tightened:

Border patrol/Fence Employer laws

Loosened: Visa requirements

Less economic disparity

$6 million per mile

Changes in Mexico Improved:

Economy Education Politics

Lower birth rates Agave products

General Outline

Why study Mexico? Physical geography of Mexico Mexican history through art Cultural overview and regional context Mexico City Border Issues

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Elevation

Rainfall

Customize your Classroom Maps

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General Outline

Why study Mexico? Physical geography of Mexico Mexican history through art Cultural overview and regional context Mexico City Border Issues

General Outline

Why study Mexico? Physical geography of Mexico Mexican history through art Cultural overview and regional context Mexico City Border Issues

Catholic

Soccer

Marigolds, "Day of the Dead"

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Regional Consequences

Migration Source countries? Destinations?

Foreign Investment Where would you invest?

Political stability Military power

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General Outline

Why study Mexico? Physical geography of Mexico Mexican history through art Cultural overview and regional context Mexico City Border Issues

Latin American City

MODEL OF THE LATIN AMERICAN CITY

Mexico City

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Colonial Castle in Urban Park Upscale Hotels Palace of Fine Arts

Main Cathedral/Plaza

Stock Market

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Western Sector-Public Spaces

Western Sector-Residential

North and Eastern Sections

Mexico City Over 20 million people

20-25% of the Mexican population financial, cultural, educational, corporate

center

Limited Capacity

High Altitude Basin Interior Drainage

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Pollution

Aquifers being depleted City sunk 30 ft. since 1910 Subsidence

Import water, export waste Automobile Exhaust

85% of air pollution 81% use public transit

Public Transportation

Federally Subsidized

Mexico City---Tenochtitlán

Xochimilco(Chinampas)

Drainage and Flooding

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Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl

The Smoking Mountain and the White Woman (Sleeping Woman)

The Culture and Geography The Culture and Geography of Mexico of Mexico

General Outline

Why study Mexico? Physical geography of Mexico Mexican history through art Cultural overview and regional context Mexico City Border Issues

GDP PER CAPITA ALONG THE US-MEXICAN BORDER

De-Industrialization job loss in USA

Foreign Investment in the Mexico

1) Cheap labor 2) close to USA markets Maquiladoras

Foreign owned companies Provide jobs, stimulate local economy Send majority of the profits elsewhere

Mexican workers earn $6-$8 a day

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Maquiladoras—Spatial restructing

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“Twin Cities”

Ciudad Juárez

• Many maquiladoras• young women

• Major drug trafficking center

• Hundreds of young women have been mysteriously killed since early 1990s

1910-2000 One Party rule

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Late 20th Century: 1 Million illegal crossings each year – (~60% Mexicans)

45% of Agricultural laborers in the US are undocumented migrants

US/Mexico Border

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