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chapter 9 and 10

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Andes mountains   a large system of mountain ranges located along the pacific coast  
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llanos   alarge grassy treeless area in south america.  
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cerrado   a flat terraine that has moderate rainfall.  
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pampas   a vast area of grassland and rich soil in south central america .  
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orinoco river   a river mainly in venezuela and a part of south america.  
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amazon river   the second largest river in the world.  
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parana river   a ship canal cut trough panama connecting the caribbian sea with the pacific.  
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rain forest   a forest located in the tropical zone.  
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slash-and-burn   a way of cleaning feilds for planting by cutting trees,and bushes.  
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terraced farming   an anceint technique for growing crops on hill sides.  
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push factors   a factor that causes people to move away from their homes.  
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pull factors   a factor that pulls or attracts people to another location.  
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infrastructure   a basic support system needed to keep an economy going.  
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spanish conquest   the conquering of the native americans by the spanish  
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tenochtitlan   the acient aztec capital ,site of mexico city today  
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institutional revolutionary party   thepolititial party introduced in 1929 in mexico that helped to introduce democracy.  
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mestizo   the central platue of spain.  
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maquiladoras   a factory in mexico that assembles imported materials into finished goods.  
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NAFTA   an important trade agreement creating a huge zone of cooperation.  
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cultural hearth   the place of origon of a major culture.  
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united provinces of central america   the name of central america after the reigon declaired independance from mexico.  
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panama canal   a ship canal cut through panama connecting the caribbean sea with the pacific ocean.  
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calypso   a style of music that began in trinidad.  
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reggae   a style of music created in jumacia.  
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informal economy   takes place of outside official channels.  
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inca   a member of the quechen peoples of south america.  
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quechua   the language of the inca empire  
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mercosur   south american culture,religion  
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treatty of tordesillas   a treaty between spain and portugal in 1494.  
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carnival   the most colorful feast day in brizil.  
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samba   a brizillian dance with african influances.  
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capoeira   a martial art and dance that developed in brizil from angonlas.  
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biodiversity   the variety of organisms within an ecosystem.  
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deforestation   the cutting down and clearing away trees and forest.  
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global warming   the build up of carbon dioxid in the atmosphere.  
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debt-for-nature swap   a debt reducing deal wherein an oraganizaton agrees to pay off a certain amount.  
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oligrachy   a government run by few persons or small groups.  
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junta   a government ran by generals after a military takeover.  
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caudillo   a military dictator or politicial boss.  
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land reform   the process of breaking up large landholdings to attain a more balanced land distrubution amoung farmers.  
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