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worldgeo14
chapter 10 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| plateau | an area of high flat land |
| peninsula | a strip of land that juts out into a 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 Americans often run as a farm or cattle ranch |
| land redistribution | |
| ejido | |
| subsistence farming | |
| latifundio | |
| cash crop | |
| migrant worker | |
| NAFTA | |
| maquiladora |