7. Distinguish between acculturation and transculturation. Which predominates in

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7. Distinguish between acculturation and transculturation. Which predominates in Mexico? 8. Mexico's economic geography - Summarize key features by specifying the areas with the (a) most oil wells (see Fig 2-8):_ (b) greatest agricultural exports (fruit, vegetables, cotton, and cut flowers) (c) most maquiladoras: (see Fig 2-11)_ (and know what a maquiladora is or does). The Mexican city with the greatest education in high technology and management fields (and proximity to the US in the northern state of Nuevo Leon) is

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7. Acculturation: When two or more cultures mix together, practices and customs from one culture may be passed to the other culture thereby maintaining their unique but following the new culture occassionally. For example, westernization of clothing styles in Eastern world. Transculturation is defined as blending of two cultures thereby vanishing the older culture and completely transforming with the newly adapted one.

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