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Ch. 11,12,13 Vocab
Meh
Term | Definition |
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Isthmus | A narrow strip of land having water on each side and joining two larger bodies of land |
Guerrilla | A member of an armed force that is not part of a regular army; relating to a form of warfare carried on by such an independednt armed force |
Archipelago | A group of islands |
Coral Island | An island formed by the skeletal remains of tiny sea animals and the sand and sediment pilling on top of them |
Windward | Facing the wind |
Leeward | Facing away from the wind |
Escarpment | A steep cliff that seperates two level areas if differing elevations |
Sertão | An interior plataue in Brazil with oiir soil and uncertain rian |
Favela | A slum community in a Brazillian city |
Plantation | A large estate farmed by many workers |
Gasohol | A fuel mixture of gasoline and ethanol |
Deforestation | The process of stripping the land of its trees |
Ecotourism | Tourism that encourages environmental awareness and has little effect on the ecosystem |
Mulato | A person of mixed African and European ancestry |
Bauxite | A mineral used in making aluminum |
Llano | A grassy plain |
Cordillera | A related set of seperate mountain ranges |
Campesino | In Latin America, a tenant farmer or farm worker |
Altiplano | A plateau region located in the Andes of Bolivia and Peru |
Páramo | A plateau in the Andes of Ecuador |
Timber line | The boundry line in high elevations above which continuos forest vegatation cannot grow |
Selva | A forested region in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia |
Estuary | The wide mouth of a river, where freshwater river curents meet salt water |
Piedmont | A region of rolling foothills |
Pampas | A grasslands region in Argentina and Uraguay |
Gaucho | A cowboy who herded cattke in the pampas of Argentina and Uraguay |