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chapter 9
vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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cordillera | group of mountain rage that run side by side |
cash crop | product grown to be sold for export |
mestizo | person with mixed spanish and native american background |
campera | colombian farmer |
navigable | body of water wide and deep enough to allow pass of ships |
foothills | low hill at the base of mountain range |
empire | group of lands under one ruler |
landlocked | country with no land bording a sea or ocean |
altiplano | large highland plateau |
sodium | chemical used in fertilized and explosives |
subsistence farm | small plot where farmer grows only enough food to feed his own family |