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Geography Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Broad grassy plains that cover the Northeastern corner of Columbia and Central Venezuela | Llanos |
| A region of South America with vast grasslands and semiarid climate | Pampas |
| A steep face or edge of a ridge | escarpments |
| The widening mouth of a river as it approaches the ocean where it tends to form a delta | estuary |
| The area encircling the earth at the equator in which the northeast and southeast trade winds converge | Intertropical Convergence Zone |
| A council of military and civilian leaders who seize power often resulting in civil wars | junta |
| A sudden overthrow of a government by a military leader or government official | coup d'etat |
| A culture that has characteristics of both high and low contexts | multiactive |
| literally means " farewell to meat" ; A festival that occurs before Lent. | Carnival |
| the dissolving of soul minerals by water and their removal downward through the soil | leaching |