vocabulary Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
isthmus | a narrow strip of land having water on each side and joining two larger bodies of land. |
guerrilla | a member of an armed force that is not part of regular army relating to form if warfare carried on by such an independence armed force. |
archipelago | a group of islands. |
coral island | an island formed by the skeletal remains of tiny sea animals and the sand and sediment piling on top of them. |
windward | facing the wind. |
leenward | facing away from the wind. |
escarpment | a steep cliff that separates two levels areas of differing elevation |
sertao | an interior plateau on Brazil with poor soil and uncertain rain. |
favela | a slum community in a Brazilian city. |
plantation | a large estate farmed by many workers. |
gasohol | a fuel mixture of gasoline and ethanol. |
deforestation | the process of stripping the land of its leaves during one season. |
ectourism | tourism that encourages environmental awareness and has little effect on the ecosystem. |
mulatto | a person of mixed african and european ancestry. |
bauxite | a mineral used in making aluminum. |
llano | a grassy plain. |
cordillera | a related set of seperate mountain ranges. |
campesino | in latin america a tenant farmer of farm worker. |
altiplano | a plateau region located in the andes of bolivia and peru. |
paramo | a plateau on the andes of ecuador. |
timber line | the boundary in high elevations above which continuous forest vegetation cannot grow. |
selva | a forested region in ecuador, peru, and bolivia. |
estuary | the wide mouth of a river where freshwater river currents meet salt water. |
piedmont | a region of rolling foothills. |
pampas | a grassland region in argentina and uruguay. |
gaucho | a cowboy who herded cattle in the pampas of argentina and uruguay. |
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