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chapter 10
chapter 10 section 1
Term | Definition |
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plateau | an earea of hgiht flat land |
peninsila | a strip of land that just ot into an ocean |
irrigation | the watering of farmland with water drawn from reservoirs or rivers |
sinkhole | a hole formed when limestone is dessolved |
hacienda | a large spanish owned estate in the americans oftenrun as a farm or a cattle ranch |
land redistribution | a policy by wich land is take from those who own large amounts and redistributd to these who have littiel or none |
ejido | farmland owned colletively by members of riral community |
subsistence farming | frarming that provides only enough for the needs of a family or a village |
latifundio | a large commerical farmowend by a pricates individual orr farmind cmoany |
cash crop | a farm crop grown sale and profit |
migrat worker | a wirjer who travels from place to place working where etra hel is needed to cultivate or harvest crops |
NAFTA | north american free trade agreement wich phased ot trade barriers among the united states canda and mecico |
maquiladora | a factory in mexcio along the united states border that asse mbles goods for export |