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Ch.9
vocabulary
| Question | Answer | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |