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Latin America Ch.3
Latin America Ch3
Term | Definition |
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subsistence farming | growing only enough food to meet the needs of the farmer's family |
maquiladora | a Mexican factory that assembles parts to make products for export |
indigenous people | descendants of the people who first lived in a region |
ethnic group | a group of people that share the same ancestry, language, religion, or cultural traditions |
emigrate | to leave one country to settle in another |
campesino | a poor Latin American farm worker |
Carnival | a lively annual celebration held just before Lent in Latin America |
immigrant | a person who comes into a foreign country to make a new home |
cash crop | a crop grown mostly for sale rather than for the farmer's own use |
gaucho | cowboy of the pampas of Argentina |
West Indies | another name for the Caribbean islands |