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vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cordillera | military ruler |
| campesino | Columbian farmer |
| cash crop | product grown to be sold for export |
| altiplano | large highland plateau |
| navigable | body of water wide and deep enough to allow the passage of ships |
| foothills | low hill at the base |
| empire | group of Islands under one ruler. |
| sodium nitrate | mineral used in making fertilizer. |
| landlocked | land that does not have a sea or an ocean touching it. |
| mestizo | person of mixed native american and European ancestry. |