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chapter 9
vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Cordillera | mountain ranges that run sides by sides |
cash crop | a product sold for export |
mestizo | mixed European and native Americans backgrounds |
campesino | journey to cities to look for work or to flee the fighting in the country side |
navigable | body of water is wide 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 |
landlocked | no sea or ocean that touches its land |
altiplano | one third of Bolivar is a mile or more high |
sodium nitrate | used for fertilizer and explosives |