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chapter 9 and 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Andes mountains | a large system of mountain ranges located along the pacific coast |
| llanos | alarge grassy treeless area in south america. |
| cerrado | a flat terraine that has moderate rainfall. |
| pampas | a vast area of grassland and rich soil in south central america . |
| orinoco river | a river mainly in venezuela and a part of south america. |
| amazon river | the second largest river in the world. |
| parana river | a ship canal cut trough panama connecting the caribbian sea with the pacific. |
| rain forest | a forest located in the tropical zone. |
| slash-and-burn | a way of cleaning feilds for planting by cutting trees,and bushes. |
| terraced farming | an anceint technique for growing crops on hill sides. |
| push factors | a factor that causes people to move away from their homes. |
| pull factors | a factor that pulls or attracts people to another location. |
| infrastructure | a basic support system needed to keep an economy going. |
| spanish conquest | the conquering of the native americans by the spanish |
| tenochtitlan | the acient aztec capital ,site of mexico city today |
| institutional revolutionary party | thepolititial party introduced in 1929 in mexico that helped to introduce democracy. |
| mestizo | the central platue of spain. |
| maquiladoras | a factory in mexico that assembles imported materials into finished goods. |
| NAFTA | an important trade agreement creating a huge zone of cooperation. |
| cultural hearth | the place of origon of a major culture. |
| united provinces of central america | the name of central america after the reigon declaired independance from mexico. |
| panama canal | a ship canal cut through panama connecting the caribbean sea with the pacific ocean. |
| calypso | a style of music that began in trinidad. |
| reggae | a style of music created in jumacia. |
| informal economy | takes place of outside official channels. |
| inca | a member of the quechen peoples of south america. |
| quechua | the language of the inca empire |
| mercosur | south american culture,religion |
| treatty of tordesillas | a treaty between spain and portugal in 1494. |
| carnival | the most colorful feast day in brizil. |
| samba | a brizillian dance with african influances. |
| capoeira | a martial art and dance that developed in brizil from angonlas. |
| biodiversity | the variety of organisms within an ecosystem. |
| deforestation | the cutting down and clearing away trees and forest. |
| global warming | the build up of carbon dioxid in the atmosphere. |
| debt-for-nature swap | a debt reducing deal wherein an oraganizaton agrees to pay off a certain amount. |
| oligrachy | a government run by few persons or small groups. |
| junta | a government ran by generals after a military takeover. |
| caudillo | a military dictator or politicial boss. |
| land reform | the process of breaking up large landholdings to attain a more balanced land distrubution amoung farmers. |
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RachelTaylor
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