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Vocabulary
Vocabulary chapter 9-10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Conquistador | name for the Spanish explorers who claimed land in the Americas for spain |
| culture convergence | the contact and interaction of one culture with another |
| caudillo | a latin american military dictator |
| pampas | |
| cay | a small low island or coral reef |
| coral | |
| tropical storm | |
| hurricane | |
| El nino | |
| canopy | |
| plateau | |
| peninsula | |
| irrigation | |
| sinkhole | |
| hacienda | |
| land redistribution | |
| ejido | |
| subsistence farming | |
| latifundio | |
| cash crop | |
| migrant worker | |
| NAFTA | |
| maquiladora |