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Chapter 9-10 Vocab
World Geography
Term | Definition |
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Conquistador | name for the spanish explorers who claimed lands in the americas for spain |
Cultural Convergence | the contact and interaction of one culture with another |
Caudillo | a latin american military dictator |
Pampas | a grasslands region in Argentina and Uruguay |
Cay | a small, low island or coral reef |
Coral | the rock-like skeletons of tiny sea animals |
Tropical Storm | a storm with winds of at least 39 miles an hour |
Hurricane | a destructive tropical storm that forms over the Atlantic ocean,usually in late summer and early fall, with winds of at least 79 miles an hour |
El Nino. | a warm ocean current off South Americas northwestern coast that influences global weather patterns |
Canopy | the uppermost layer of the forest where trees meet |
Mestizo | a person of mixed European and Native American ancestry |
Mulatto | a person of mixed African and European ancestry |
Plateau | an area of high flat land |
Peninsula | a strip of land that juts out into the ocean |
Irrigation | the watering of farmland with water drawn from reservoirs or rivers |
Sinkhole | a hole formed when limestone is dissolved causing the land above to collapse |
Hacienda | a large spanish owned estate in the Americas, often run as a farm or cattle ranch |
Land Redistribution | a policy by which land is taken from those who own large amounts and redistributed to those who have little or none |
Ejido | farmland owned collectively by members of a rural community |
Subsistence Farming | farming that provides only enough for a family or village |
Latifundio | a large commercial farm owned by a private individual or farming company |
Cash Crop | a farm crop grown for sale and profit |
Migrant Worker | a worker who travels from place to place, working where extra help is needed cultivating or harvesting a crop |
NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement which phased out trade barriers among the United States, Canada, and Mexico |
Maquiladora | a factory in mexico along the united states border, that assembles goods for export |