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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cordillera | mountain ranges the run side by side |
| cash crop | a product sold for export |
| mestizo | nearly all Colombians are mestizos.it means they are mixed European and native american |
| campesino | farmers also known as campesinos |
| Navigable | means that a water of body of water is wide and deep enough to allow ships to travel in it |
| foothills | are the low hills at the base of the mountain range |
| empire | a group of lands under one ruler stretched more than 2,500 along the Andes |
| landlocked | country in which means it has no sea or ocean that touches its land |
| Altiplano | the Andes surrounded a high plateau |
| sodium nitrate | a mineral used in fertilizer and explosives |