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CH 9
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cordillera | mountain ranges that run side by side |
| cash crop | a product sold d for export |
| altiplano | over one-third of Bolivia is a mile or more high |
| navigable | a body of water is wide and deep enough to allow ships to travel in it |
| empire | group of land under one ruler |
| foothills | the low hills at the base of a mountain range |
| llanos | have many ranches , farms and oil fields |
| sodium nitrate | mineral used in fertilizer and explosives |
| mestizos | they have a mixed European and native american background |
| landlocked | it has no sea or ocean that touches its land |
| subsistence farms | small plot where a farmer grows only enough to feed his own family |