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SS L.A. Ch. 3 vocab
Term | Definition |
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campesino | poor L.A. farmer of farm worker |
Carnival | lively celebration before Lent in L.A. |
cash crop | crop grown for sale |
emigrate | to leave one country to go to another |
ethnic group | group of people who share the same ancestors, religion, language, etc. |
guachos | a cowboy of the Pampas of S.A. |
immigrant | person who comes into a foreign country to make a new home |
indigenous people | decedents of first people in region |
maquiladora | a factory that assembles imported parts to make products for export often located in Mexico near the US border |
subsistence farming | growing enough food to meet the needs of the farmer's family |
West Indies | the Caribbean Islands |