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WRLD.GEO.CHPT.3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| irragate | to pipe in or channel water to fields that get little water |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas of land |
| plateau | an area of level highland |
| valley | a stretch of lowland between two mountians |
| earthquake | the shaking of earth's surface from plate movment |
| lava | hot,liquid rock |
| plate tectonics | the idea that there is slow movement of earth's plates |
| valcano | a mountian formed when hot liquid rock comes from deep within earth to its surface |
| jungle | a thick growth of trees and vines |
| peninsula | a strip of land surrounded on three sides by water |
| Deciduous | a type of tree that drops its leaves |
| rain forest | a thick forest in the tropics where a great deal of rain falls |
| tropical savanna climate | a climate that is all year round and has a wet and dry season |
| altitude | the height of something above sea level |
| tierra caliente | an area of land in a low altitude with a hot average temperature |
| tierra fria | an area of land ina high altitude with a cold average temperature |
| tierra temlada | an area of land that is neither too hot or too cold |
| Empire | a nation that rules a large area of land |
| descendant | a person who is related to a certain group of people |
| isolated | separated from other areas or people |
| Mestizo | a person of mixed natie and European ancestory |
| Campesino | a poor farmer |
| Migration | a large movement of people from one place to another |
| slum | an overcroweded poor area in a town or a city |
| land reform | the taking of land from the wealthy and giving it to the poor people who have worked on it |
| Offshore | in water rather than on land |
| revolution | the overthrowing of government |
| technology | the use of science and machines to improve ways of doing things |
| free trade | trading without barriers between countries |
| Maquiladora | a foreign-owned assembly plant in Mexico |
| North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) | an agreement among Canada, the U.S. and Mexico that dropped trade barriers and created free trade in North America |
| foreign debt | the money a country owes to other governments |
| illegal | unlawful against the law |
| peasant | a poor farmer or farmworker |
| trade barrier | a law or act that limits iports or puts special taxes on them |
| Zapatistas | a group of native peasants who rebelled against the Mexican government in 1994 |
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