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chapter 10
latin america
Term | Definition |
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export | to sell to other countries |
campesino | a rural farm worker |
latifundia | a large agricultural estate |
minifundia | a small plot of land intensively farmed by campesinos |
cash crop | a crop produced in large quantities to be sold or traded |
developing country | a country that is working toward greater use of manufacturing and technology |
service industry | an industry that provides services rather than goods |
maquiladora | a foreign-owned factory in Mexico |
North American Free Trade Agreement | an agreement among the United States, Canada, and Mexico that reduces trade restrictions among those countries |
sustainable development | technological and economic growth that does not deplete the human and natural resources of a given area |
deforestation | the clearing of destroying of forests |
slash-and-burn | farming methods using cutting and burning of trees to enrich soil |
reforestation | the planting of trees on land that has been stripped |
shantytown | a makeshift community on the edge of the city |