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CH 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cordillera | Mountain ranges that run side by side |
| cash crop | Product sold for export |
| mestizos | Having mixed European and Native American background |
| campesinos | Colombian farmers |
| Navigable | Body of water wide and deep enough to allow ships to travel in it |
| foothills | low hills at the base of a mountain range |
| empire | group of lands under one ruler stretched more than 2,500 miles along the andes |
| landlocked | country |
| altiplano | surrounded high plateau |
| sodium nitrate | mineral used used in fertilizer and explosives |