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Chapter 9
vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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cordillera | group of mountain ranges that run side by side |
cash crop | product grown to be sold for export |
mestizo | person with mixed Spanish and native american background |
campesino | Colombian farmer |
navigable | body of water wide and deep enough to allow the passage of ships |
foothills | low hill at the base of a mountain range |
empire | group of lands under one ruler |
landlocked | country with no land bordering a sea or an ocean |
altiplano | large highland plateau |
sodium nitrate | chemical used in fertilizer and explosives |
subsistence farms | small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his own family |