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each of the black spaces below before clicking
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| Conquistadors | Names for the Spanish explorers who claimed land in American for Spain.
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| Caudillos | A Latin American military directer.
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| Cultural Convergence | The contact and interaction of one culture with another
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| Pampas | A grassland region in Argentina and Uaguay
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| Cay | A small low island or coral reef.
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| Coral | The rock like skeletons of tiny sea animals.
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| Tropical storm | Storm with winds of at least 39 miles per hour
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| Hurricane | A destructive tropical storm that forms over the Atlantic ocean, usually in late summer and early fall, with winds of at least 74 miles per hour
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| El Nino | A warm ocean current off South Americas northwestern coast that influences global weather patterns.
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| Canopy | The uppermost layer of a forest where tree branches meet.
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| Mestizo | A person of mixed European and native american heritage.
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| Mulatto | A person of mixed African and European ansestry
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| Plateau | A area of high flat land.
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| Peninsula | A strip of land that juts into an ocean.
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| Irrigation | The watering of farmland with water drawn from reservoirs or rivers.
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| Sinkhole | A hole formed when limestone is dissolved, causing the land above to collapse.
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| Hacienda | A large Spanish-owned estate in the Americas, often run as a farm or cattle ranch
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| Land Redistribution | A policy by which land is taken from those who own large amounts and redistributed to those who have little or none.
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| Ejido |
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| Subsistence Farming |
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| Cash Crop |
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| NAFTA |
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