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Ch. 9
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cordillera | Mountain ranges that run side by side. |
| Cash crop | A product sold for export. |
| Campesinos | colombian farmers |
| Navigable | a body of water is 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 |
| landlocked | it has no sea or ocean that touches its land |
| altiplano | high plateau |
| sodium nitrate | a mineral used in fertilizer and explosives |
| mestizos |