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World Geography

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Conquistador   name for the spanish explorers who claimed lands in the americas for spain  
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Cultural Convergence   the contact and interaction of one culture with another  
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Caudillo   a latin american military dictator  
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Pampas   a grasslands region in Argentina and Uruguay  
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Cay   a small, low island or coral reef  
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Coral   the rock-like skeletons of tiny sea animals  
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Tropical Storm   a storm with winds of at least 39 miles an hour  
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Hurricane   a destructive tropical storm that forms over the Atlantic ocean,usually in late summer and early fall, with winds of at least 79 miles an hour  
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El Nino.   a warm ocean current off South Americas northwestern coast that influences global weather patterns  
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Canopy   the uppermost layer of the forest where trees meet  
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Mestizo   a person of mixed European and Native American ancestry  
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Mulatto   a person of mixed African and European ancestry  
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Plateau   an area of high flat land  
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Peninsula   a strip of land that juts out into the ocean  
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Irrigation   the watering of farmland with water drawn from reservoirs or rivers  
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Sinkhole   a hole formed when limestone is dissolved causing the land above to collapse  
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Hacienda   a large spanish owned estate in the Americas, often run as a farm or cattle ranch  
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Land Redistribution   a policy by which land is taken from those who own large amounts and redistributed to those who have little or none  
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Ejido   farmland owned collectively by members of a rural community  
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Subsistence Farming   farming that provides only enough for a family or village  
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Latifundio   a large commercial farm owned by a private individual or farming company  
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Cash Crop   a farm crop grown for sale and profit  
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Migrant Worker   a worker who travels from place to place, working where extra help is needed cultivating or harvesting a crop  
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NAFTA   North American Free Trade Agreement which phased out trade barriers among the United States, Canada, and Mexico  
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Maquiladora   a factory in mexico along the united states border, that assembles goods for export  
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