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Learn about our Southwest cultures
Mexico
Mexico DF is the capital of Mexico. It is a big, poor city. They have lots of billboards. It's very busy. A lot of people are walking, riding bikes, and driving cars. It's very polluted. If you go up the mountain to San Perro Limon you can get dizzy and your stomach won't feel well.
They speak Spanish, indigenous Mayan, Nahuatl, and some people speak English.
There are 109,955,400 people in Mexico.
You have to have papers to cross the border and to cross back into the US.
States in Mexico
There are 32 states in Mexico. Hidalgo was created on January 15, 1869 This is its flag.
Michoacan is bigger than Mexico City.
Indians
The name of the Indians that live in Michoacan are the Tarascos.
Size
Mexico is three times bigger than Texas. It is 1,972,550 square kilometers.
Weather
It is always hot there. It does not snow there. Mexico is cold at night and at day it is hot. When it's cold in the US, it's warm in Mexico.
History
Texas was a part of Mexico a long long time ago.
Mexico has a cool culture and the pyramids of Teotihuacan are 2,000 years old.
Holidays and other important dates
El Dia de los Muertos is when you celebrate someone in your family that died.
On the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe people dress up and do a dance for her. We dance, sing, pray and prepare a mass for her. We play with a pinata because we pretend it is the devil.
Cinco de Mayo
We celebrate this day with fireworks.
Easter On Easter, the people there burn a Judas with goodies in it.
Foods
Mexicans eat nopales and tamales.
Nopales are a tasty food in Mexico. Here is one way to make it with pork, salt, chiles, tomatoes, and of course nopales. First you boil and peel them. Cut the chiles and tomatoes and then mix them up and eat.
Tacos are often eaten with meat like steak and vegetables. like lechuga (lettuce), cebolla (onion), and tomates (tomatoes).
In Mexico, the pizza has sesame seeds on the crust.
Interesting animals
Prairie dogs weigh 2.2 pounds. This interesting animal from Mexico lives on the open plains.
They used donkeys for the war. They also did not wear protection.
Other interesting facts
Some people are poor in Mexico.
Cantinflas is a popular star. He lived from 1911-1993 but he still is on TV and sometimes he is funny.
Football is Mexico's favorite sport. Some of the team names are Chivas, Toluca, America, Cruz Azul, Teco, Negaza, Pumas, San Pedro, Santos, Indios, Monterrey. The one that one the season was Chivas. The second best was Cruz Azul.
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Honduras
We celebrate some of the same holidays as in Mexico, like Dia de los Muertos.
There are beautiful flowers. The toucans live in trees.
In Honduras wild animals have protected habitats in the country's national parks but the animals are endangered because of illegal deforestation. This means that people go to the forest when they are not supposed to and cut down trees. That means the macaws and other animals are dying.
Laos
In Laos you can make your house out of bamboo and lots of string and lots of straw. They can make the food papaya so you can eat it. The capital of Laos is Vientiane.
They speak French and English.
The countries that border Laos are Burma, Cambodia, China, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Weather
The weather is sunny and rainy. But people think that it can't snow.
Religions
The main religions are Buddhism and Christianity. There are shamans.
Interesting animals
Interesting animals are the Asian elephant, tigers, and the Annamite rabbit. People use tiger's skin and bones for medicine.
Thailand
Thailand has water buffaloes, tigers and elephants.
Their money is called "baht." The king's picture is on the money.
You can pray and look for gold in the water. There are many rivers from the mountains across the central plain.
Hmong people eat rice about every meal and have Hmong markets.
History
In 1932, they had a revolution and got a new king.
In 2006, they had a coup and switched governments.
People use pa ndau to tell old stories. For example, the Hmong people were in China. They went to Thailand in the war.
China
The capital of China is Beijing.
They speak Chinese or Mandarin.
There are 1,575,571 km of paved roads and 354,973 km of unpaved roads. The total area of the country is 9,596,960 sq. km.
Interesting tourist sites
The Great Wall of China is a big wall that is 2000 years old. The Chinese people built it starting in 221 BC to protect the Middle Kingdom from the Mongols.
The Forbidden City
It took 14 years to build the Forbidden City. It is in Beijing. The king lived there. Common citizens were not allowed. There are 980 buildings in the Forbidden City. They took from 1406-1420 to build it.
Interesting Animals
There are pandas and tigers in China.
Mexico DF is the capital of Mexico. It is a big, poor city. They have lots of billboards. It's very busy. A lot of people are walking, riding bikes, and driving cars. It's very polluted. If you go up the mountain to San Perro Limon you can get dizzy and your stomach won't feel well.
They speak Spanish, indigenous Mayan, Nahuatl, and some people speak English.
There are 109,955,400 people in Mexico.
You have to have papers to cross the border and to cross back into the US.
States in Mexico
There are 32 states in Mexico. Hidalgo was created on January 15, 1869 This is its flag.
Michoacan is bigger than Mexico City.
Indians
The name of the Indians that live in Michoacan are the Tarascos.
Size
Mexico is three times bigger than Texas. It is 1,972,550 square kilometers.
Weather
It is always hot there. It does not snow there. Mexico is cold at night and at day it is hot. When it's cold in the US, it's warm in Mexico.
History
Texas was a part of Mexico a long long time ago.
Mexico has a cool culture and the pyramids of Teotihuacan are 2,000 years old.
Holidays and other important dates
El Dia de los Muertos is when you celebrate someone in your family that died.
On the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe people dress up and do a dance for her. We dance, sing, pray and prepare a mass for her. We play with a pinata because we pretend it is the devil.
Cinco de Mayo
We celebrate this day with fireworks.
Easter On Easter, the people there burn a Judas with goodies in it.
Foods
Mexicans eat nopales and tamales.
Nopales are a tasty food in Mexico. Here is one way to make it with pork, salt, chiles, tomatoes, and of course nopales. First you boil and peel them. Cut the chiles and tomatoes and then mix them up and eat.
Tacos are often eaten with meat like steak and vegetables. like lechuga (lettuce), cebolla (onion), and tomates (tomatoes).
In Mexico, the pizza has sesame seeds on the crust.
Interesting animals
Prairie dogs weigh 2.2 pounds. This interesting animal from Mexico lives on the open plains.
They used donkeys for the war. They also did not wear protection.
Other interesting facts
Some people are poor in Mexico.
Cantinflas is a popular star. He lived from 1911-1993 but he still is on TV and sometimes he is funny.
Football is Mexico's favorite sport. Some of the team names are Chivas, Toluca, America, Cruz Azul, Teco, Negaza, Pumas, San Pedro, Santos, Indios, Monterrey. The one that one the season was Chivas. The second best was Cruz Azul.
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Honduras
We celebrate some of the same holidays as in Mexico, like Dia de los Muertos.
There are beautiful flowers. The toucans live in trees.
In Honduras wild animals have protected habitats in the country's national parks but the animals are endangered because of illegal deforestation. This means that people go to the forest when they are not supposed to and cut down trees. That means the macaws and other animals are dying.
Laos
In Laos you can make your house out of bamboo and lots of string and lots of straw. They can make the food papaya so you can eat it. The capital of Laos is Vientiane.
They speak French and English.
The countries that border Laos are Burma, Cambodia, China, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Weather
The weather is sunny and rainy. But people think that it can't snow.
Religions
The main religions are Buddhism and Christianity. There are shamans.
Interesting animals
Interesting animals are the Asian elephant, tigers, and the Annamite rabbit. People use tiger's skin and bones for medicine.
Thailand
Thailand has water buffaloes, tigers and elephants.
Their money is called "baht." The king's picture is on the money.
You can pray and look for gold in the water. There are many rivers from the mountains across the central plain.
Hmong people eat rice about every meal and have Hmong markets.
History
In 1932, they had a revolution and got a new king.
In 2006, they had a coup and switched governments.
People use pa ndau to tell old stories. For example, the Hmong people were in China. They went to Thailand in the war.
China
The capital of China is Beijing.
They speak Chinese or Mandarin.
There are 1,575,571 km of paved roads and 354,973 km of unpaved roads. The total area of the country is 9,596,960 sq. km.
Interesting tourist sites
The Great Wall of China is a big wall that is 2000 years old. The Chinese people built it starting in 221 BC to protect the Middle Kingdom from the Mongols.
The Forbidden City
It took 14 years to build the Forbidden City. It is in Beijing. The king lived there. Common citizens were not allowed. There are 980 buildings in the Forbidden City. They took from 1406-1420 to build it.
Interesting Animals
There are pandas and tigers in China.
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