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Crull's L.A. Vocab
Latin America Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| interdependent | relying upon one another |
| conquistador | Spanish soldier-explorer |
| aqueduct | channel than moves water over a long distance |
| maize | corn |
| mestizo | a person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry |
| criollos | colonial Mexican of Spanish descent who was born in Mexico |
| peninsulares | colonial Mexican who came to Mexico from Spain |
| deforestation | the loss of forest cover in a region that results from the trees in a forest being destroyed faster than they can grow back |
| isthmus | strip of land with water on both sides, which connects two larger bodies of land |
| encomienda | legal system to control Native Americans in Spains's American colonies |
| hacienda | huge farm or ranch in Spain's America colonies |
| Llanos | lowland plains in Colombia & Venezuela |
| terraced farming | sculpting the hillsides into different levels for crops |
| caudillo | chief or dictator |
| paramilitary | armed forces that are unauthorized by the government |
| nationalize | when the government takes over private businesses |
| insurgent | rebel |
| guerillas | soldiers who make surprise raids on the enemy |
| El Nino | the warming of ocean water along the west coast of Peru that affects climate in the Americas |
| vertical climate zones | climate zones that change according to elevation |
| mestizo | children of mixed race - Spanish & Indigenous people |
| land reform | redistributing land to others, usually to lower income people |
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