Latin America Vocabulary
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| pampas | temperate grassland located in Argentina
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| llanos | tropical grassland located in Colombia and Venezuela
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| vertical zonation | when different vegetation grows at different elevations
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| NAFTA | trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada
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| Inca | native group that lived in Peru and Chile
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| Maya | native group that built large cities with pyramids in Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala
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| Aztec | native group that lived around modern Mexico City
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| mestizo | a person of mixed European and native ancestry
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| hacienda | large farm or ranch similar to a plantation owned by a rich landlord
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| ejido | land that is jointly owned by farmers
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| deforestation | when trees are cut down faster than they can grow back
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| subsistence farming | when someone grows just enough food to live
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| ring of fire | an area around the Pacific Ocean where many plates meet and earthquakes and volcanoes are common
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| cash crop | crops that are grown for export such as sugar and cotton
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| slash and burn | a method of farming where farmers cut down trees then burn them to fertilize the soil
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| archipelago | a group of islands
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| gaucho | a cowboy in Argentina
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| squatter settlement | areas in the city where people have illegally occupied the land and built poor houses
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| reggae | a type of music from Jamaica
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| atacama | a desert on the coast of Chile and Peru
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| andes | mountains that run from Colombia to Argentina
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| amazon | a river that runs through Brazil
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| sierra madres | mountains in Mexico
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| urbanization | when people move into cities
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| out migration | when people leave an area looking for jobs
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