Today we are teaching about the Mexican economy and their federal republic style of government. Here are some words you should add to your vocabulary because 6th graders are learning them....
1. maquiladora- a factory that imports duty free parts from the united states to make products that it then exports back across the border
2. privatizaiton- the process of replacing community ownership with individual, or private ownership.
3. Carlos Salinas de Gortari- president of Mexico, 1991 who changed the ejido system.
4. nationalize- when the government decides to establish control of a service or industry..
5. distrubtion- the process of moving products to their markets.
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