1. The capital of Mexico is Mexio City
2. The language spoken there is Mexican
3. Mexico was conquered by Cortés in 1521 and held by the Spanish until 1821.
4. The largest city is Mexio City, Population: 106,000,000
5. The heart of Mexico is made up of the Mexican Plateau (c.700 mi/1,130 km long and c.4,000–8,000 ft/1,220–2,440 m high), which is broken by mountain ranges and segmented by deep rifts.
6. Mexico's 31 states are Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro de Arteaga, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatán, and Zacatecas.
7. The leading imports are machinery, steel, electrical and electronic equipment, chemicals, motor vehicle parts for assembly and repair, aircraft, manufactured consumer goods, and grain; the main exports are crude oil, petroleum products, coffee, sugar, cotton, tomatoes, shrimp, engines, motor vehicles, consumer electronics, silver, sulfur, and zinc.
8. The first Europeans to visit Mexico were Francisco Fernández de Córdoba in 1517 and Juan de Grijalva in 1518. The conquest was begun from Cuba in 1519 by Hernán Cortés, who with lieutenants such as Pedro de Alvarado managed to conquer the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlán; to capture Montezuma, the Aztec ruler, and to bring down his empire; and to ward off Spanish rivals like Pánfilo de Narváez.
9. In 1823, the republican leaders Santa Anna and Guadalupe Victoria drove out Iturbide and a republic was set up with Guadalupe Victoria as its first president.
10. The most typical food of Pacific Coast states is not from the sea at all, but rather pozole, a hominy stew made with pork.
2007-03-15 13:39:57
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answered by Anonymous
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1.POVERTY IS VERY HIGH
2.CRIME IS COMMONPLACE
3.THE WATER, UNLESS BOTTLED IS UNSAFE TO DRINK
4.THE CAPITAL IS HEAVILY OVERPOPULATED, MUCH MORE THAN HERE IS AMERICA
5.THE ENFORCEMENT OF LAW IS NOT SEEN DAILY
6.BEER AND LIQUOR IS CHEAP
7.SEX CAN EASILY BE ATTAINED
8.KIDNAPPINGS OF AMERICANS TAKES PLACE IS THE OPPORTUNITY ARISES.
9.IT'S A VERY
10.EVERY ONE TRIES TO SNEAK INTO AMERICA BUT NOT THE REVERSE.
2007-03-15 13:27:08
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answered by Dr. Albert, DDS, (USA) 7
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