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Ch.9
vocabulary
Question | Answer | ||
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cashcrop | a crop grown to be sold, often as an export | ||
altiplano | large highland plateau | ||
navigable | when a body of water is deep and wide enough for ships to pass through | ||
empire | a group of lands under one ruler | ||
foothills | low hills at the base of a mountain range | ||
landlocked | a piece of land that doesn't have any sea or ocean touching it | ||
subsistence farms | a farm that grows food for you and your family | ||
sodium nitrate | a mineral used in making fertilizer | ||
mestizos | people of mixed native american European ancestry | ||
Campesino | a farmer in colombia | ||
cordillera | a group of mountain ranges that run side by side | ||
llanos | grassy plains |