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chapter 9 & 10
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Conquistadors | Names for the Spanish explorers who claimed land in American for Spain. |
| Caudillos | A Latin American military directer. |
| Cultural Convergence | The contact and interaction of one culture with another |
| Pampas | A grassland region in Argentina and Uaguay |
| Cay | A small low island or coral reef. |
| Coral | The rock like skeletons of tiny sea animals. |
| Tropical storm | Storm with winds of at least 39 miles per hour |
| Hurricane | A destructive tropical storm that forms over the Atlantic ocean, usually in late summer and early fall, with winds of at least 74 miles per hour |
| El Nino | A warm ocean current off South Americas northwestern coast that influences global weather patterns. |
| Canopy | The uppermost layer of a forest where tree branches meet. |
| Mestizo | A person of mixed European and native american heritage. |
| Mulatto | A person of mixed African and European ansestry |
| Plateau | A area of high flat land. |
| Peninsula | A strip of land that juts into an ocean. |
| Irrigation | The watering of farmland with water drawn from reservoirs or rivers. |
| Sinkhole | A hole formed when limestone is dissolved, causing the land above to collapse. |
| Hacienda | A large Spanish-owned estate in the Americas, often run as a farm or cattle ranch |
| Land Redistribution | A policy by which land is taken from those who own large amounts and redistributed to those who have little or none. |
| Ejido | |
| Subsistence Farming | |
| Latifundio | |
| Cash Crop | |
| Migrant Worker | |
| NAFTA | |
| Maquioadora |
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