Theme One: Location

- Mexico is located right below the United States in the North-Western

hemisphere.
- It is located in North America and is one of three countries that makes up
that continent.
- 23.6345° N, 102.5528° W are the exact coordinates of where Mexico is
located on the earth.
- To the north, Mexico borders the United States; to the south, it borders
Guatemala and Belize.
- The Pacific Ocean covers the west and south, while the Caribbean Sea and
the Gulf of Mexico cover the east side of Mexico.
- Based on area, Mexico is considered the 13th largest country in the world.
 Theme Two: Place
- Mexico has many unique features that distinguishes it from other countries:
- It has a total of 47,539 mountains and three mountain ranges: Sierra Madre
Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental, and Sierra Madre del Sur.
- Pico de Orizaba is the tallest and highest point in Mexico, reaching 18,491ft.
- Mexico has over 500 beaches stretching over 3 bodies of water which are
major tourist attractions during the summer.
- It also has several inhabited islands including Isla Mujeres in the Yucatan.
- Mexico is well known for its famous city, Cancun, which gets over 6 million
foreign visitors a year. The Mexican Pyramids alone get over 2 million
visitors a year.
 Theme Three: Region
- Mexico is made up of 32 states, including Tabasco, Michoacan, Oaxaca, and
the others.
- Many ancient Aztec temples and historic sites are centered around a huge
main square known as the Zócalo
- Mexico City, known as Ciudad de México is located towards the southern
part of Mexico.
- Mexico’s northern borders are found above Baja California, Sonor,
Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Tamaulipas . The southern border is just below
the city of Campeche, Chiapas, and Quintana Roo.
- The western, eastern, and southern borders are found at the Pacific Ocean
and the Gulf of Mexico
 Theme Four: Movement
- The most common public transportation is a bus and is used every day by
thousands of Mexicans.
- In fact, busses are the single most traveled public transportation. It is the
most used long-distance transportation of all the citizens in Mexico.
- Others use cable cars or pick-up trucks to move around short distances or
around the city.
- The most common way and form of transportation of goods is by train.
Railways are mainly used for the transportation of large goods to main
borders or ports.
- Airplanes are not as common because the price of fuel, for their engines, is
not efficient and expensive.
- By watching television and the news, information and ideas are spread from
person to person. Foreign relatives and friends of Mexican citizens also
spread ideas to each other.
 Theme Five: Human-Environment Interaction
- Mexico is affected by air pollution, lack of clean water, and deforestation.
All are a major crisis in Mexico, but pollution is the greatest threat right now
to the environment.
- Mexico City was once considered the most polluted city in the world. The
Mexican government is starting to switch their vehicles and busses to
electric in hopes to stop the pollution problem.
- Many things can grow in Mexico because of its location on the earth.
Farming is leading Mexico's economy right now, even though half the land
is considered agricultural.
- Over 75% of Mexican land suffers from erosion. This causes farmers to
look for other jobs when their crops and fields are ruined. Some even leave
the country. It is bad because many people lose their jobs since farming is a
huge part of the Mexican economy.
- Mexico has an abundance of natural resources such as ores, minerals, lead,
zinc, copper, iron, silver, petroleum, and even gold.
- Another horrible issue in Mexico is climate change. Mudslides, increased
temperatures, longer periods of droughts, and floods are seen in Mexico.
This is mainly because it is near the equator and surrounded by water.