Ch. 11, 12, 13 Vocab
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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Isthmus | A narrow strip of land having water on each side and joining two larger bodies of land.
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Guerrilla | A member of an armed that is not part of the regular army; relating to a from of warfare carried on by such an independent armed force.
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Archipelago | A group of islands.
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Coral Island | An island formed by the skeletal remains of tiny sea animals and the sand and sediment piling on top of them.
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Windward | Facing the wind.
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Leeward | Facing away from the wind.
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Escarpment | A steep cliff that separates two level areas of differing elevations.
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Sertao | An interior plateau in Brazil with poor soil and uncertain rain.
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Favela | A slum community in a Brazilian city.
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Plantation | A large estate farmed by many workers.
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Gasohol | A fuel mixture of gasoline and ethanol.
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Deforestation | The process of stripping that sheds its leaves during one season.
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Ecotourism | Tourism that encourages environmental awareness and has little effect on the ecosystem.
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Mulatto | A person of mixed African and European ancestry.
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Bauxite | A mineral used in making aluminum.
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Llano | A grassy plain.
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Cordillera | A related set of separate mountain ranges.
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Campesino | In Latin America, a tenant farmer or farm worker.
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Altiplano | A plateau region located in the Andes of Bolivia and Peru.
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Paramo | A plateau in the Andes of Ecuador.
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Timber Line | The boundary in high elevations above which continuous forest vegetation cannot grow.
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Seiva | A forested region in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
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Estuary | The wide mouth river, where freshwater river currents meet salt water.
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Piedmont | A region of rolling foothills.
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Pampas | A grasslands region in Argentina and Uruguay.
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Gaucho | A cowboy who herded cattle in the pampas of Argentina and Uruguay.
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