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Chapter 11 Voacb
Chapter 11 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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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 a regular army; relation to a form of warfare carries on by such an independent armed force. |
Archipelago | A group of islands. |
Coral Island | An island formed by the skeletal remains of tiny sea animals the sand and sediment piling on top of them. |
Windward | Facing the wind. |
Leeward | Facing away from the wind |
Escarpmet | A steep cliff that separates two level areas of differing elevations. |
Sertao | An interior plateau in Brazil with poor soil and uncertain rain. |
Favela | A slum community in a Brazilian city. |
Plantation | A large estate farmed by many workers. |
Gashol | A fuel mixture of gasoline and ethanol. |
Deforestation | A process of stripping the land of its trees. |
Ecotourism | Tourism that encourages environmental awareness and has a 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 separate mountain ranges. |
Campesino | In Latin America, a tenant farmer or farm worker. |
Altiplano | A plateau region in the Andes of Bolivia and Peru. |
Paramo | A plateau in the Andes of Ecuador. |
Timberline | 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. |