Economy:

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Include answers to as many of the following questions as possible.

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 Answer these questions in complete sentences using your own words and RESTATING THE QUESTION.  Define any unfamiliar words that you use.

1.       Name four of Mexico’s most important exports? 

2.      Name at least three countries Mexico exports to.

3.     What is an import?  Name three of Mexico's major imports?

4.     What are some countries that Mexico imports from?

5.     Explain the extent of poverty as a concern for Mexicans?  How are they dealing with this problem. 

6.     Why is there a higher rate of poverty in Mexico than in the U.S.?

7.     What is the unemployment rate?  What does this mean?

8.     What are TWO of Mexico's major industries?  What do they produce or manufacture?

9.     What is the form of currency called?

10. What is the current exchange rate in Mexico?  Why isn’t the Mexican Peso worth as much as a U.S. dollar?

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