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chapter 9
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |