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chapter 9
chapter 9 vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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conquistador | name for the Spanish laimed land in the americans for spain exsplorers who claimed land in the amerians for spain |
caudillo | a lation american dictator |
pampas | a grasslands region in argentina and urguay |
cay | a small low island or coral reef |
coral | the rocklke skeletons of tiny sea animals |
tropical storm | with winds of at least 39 miles per hour or gain Evan more power |
hurricane | with winds of at least 74 miles per hour |
Elinor El nino | warms the pacific waters of the coast of Peru |
canopy | the upper most layer of forest were tree branches meet |
mestizo | a person of mixed eurpean and native american heritage |
mulatto | a person of mixed african and european anestery |
traditional economy | an econonomac system in wich families are produce goods and servics for thier own use with little surplus and echanvd of goods also know as a sjbsistence economy |
market economy | an economic system in wich decisions abou production price and other economic factors are determined by the laaw of supply and demand |
GDP per capita | the total value of goods and services produced with in a country in a year divided by the countrys total population |
command economy | an economic systems |