Amexica+Web+Activity

1. Where is the highest grossing Wal-Mart in the United States? a. Laredo, Texas. 2. How many people cross the border legally every day? a. 800,000 people. 3. How many people hop the fence (enter illegally) every day? a. 4,600 people. 4. What are some of the jobs immigrants get in the United States? a. The ones who make it are on their way to jobs as meat-packers in Iowa and carpet makers in Georgia and gardeners in Pennsylvania. 5. What is the largest minority group in the United States? a. Hispanics. 6. What was the largest minority group before the last census? a. African Americans. 7. What is the poorest city in the U.S.? a. McAllen, Texas. 8. How does the article describe NAFTA man? a. NAFTA men are bilingual and bicultural. They lives on both sides of the border line and embrace both cultures. <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">9. How many trucks cross the border each day? <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">a. 10,000 trucks. <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">10. What percent of ground trade goes through Laredo? <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">a. 38% <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">11. What is the population of Laredo Texas? Nuevo Laredo Mexico? <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">a. 200,000 people. <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">b. 650,000 people. <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">12. What are the two cities in the article, “two countries, One city”? <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">a. El Paso, Texas. <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">b. Juárez, Mexico <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">13. What are the two biggest threats to the Rio Grande River? <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">a. Lack of water. <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">b. Pollution. <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">14. What is this river called in Mexico? <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">a. Rio Bravo. <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">15. What is Los Pinos? <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">a. It is the official residence and office of the President of Mexico. <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">16. What is special about his belt buckle? <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">a. It is his last name. <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">17. Where is Fox’s family ranch? <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">a. San Cristobal, Mexico <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">18. What is unusual about the mayoral debate Described? <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">a. The five candidates cleared their schedules so they could take part, even though most of the 125 people who came to listen couldn't vote. <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">19. Where must candidates for Puebla campaign? Governor of Chihuahua ? <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">a. New York. <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">b. Dallas. <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">20. What was the historical significance of Fox’s election? <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">a. It broke the 71-year-long one-party rule of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">21. What is Fox’s political party called? <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">a. National Action Party a.k.a. PAN. <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">22. What is the subject of the most recent press release? <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">a. 10th national convention f American chamber of commerce in Mexico. <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">23. How many states are there in Mexico? <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">a. 31 states. <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">24. What is the other part of the United Mexican States called? <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">a. New Spain. <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">25. What was the flag of Hidalgo during the independence movement? <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">a. Hidalgo has no official flag, but the one used was a flag of battle. <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">26. What are the colors of the flag? <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">a. White, red, and green. <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">27. What is the emblem or picture in the middle of the flag? <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">a. A drum with its sticks and mountains. <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">28. When was the tricolor flag adopted? <span style="color: #683bc4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">a. June 19, 1867.