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C8-Interior Plains
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| urbanization | the spread of city life |
| free enterprise | a kind of economy in which people own and run their own businesses with only limited control by the government |
| demand | a desire for a good or service by people who are willing to pay for it |
| supply | a good or service that a business offers for sale |
| route | a path from one place to another |
| toll road | a road that drivers must pay to use |
| gauchos | a skilled rider who lived on the open land of the Pampa of South America and who hunted cattle for food and hides. Today a gaucho is a ranch hand on an estancia. |
| estanchias | a large ranch |
| prairie | an area of flat or rolling land covered mostly by grasses and wildflowers |
| entrepreneur | a person who sets up a new business |
| interstate highway | a divided highway that goes through more than one state and connects large cities |
| drought | a time of little or no rain |
| pictograph | a graph that uses symbols to stand for numbers |