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Geography Chapter 9 & 10 vocabulary

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show Name for the Spanish explorers who claimed land in the Americas for Spain  
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cultural convergence   show
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show A Latin American dictator  
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pampas   show
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show a small, low island or coral reef  
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show The rocklike skeletons of tiny sea animals  
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tropical storm   show
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hurricane   show
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El Niño   show
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show The uppermost layer of a forest where tree branches meet  
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mestizo   show
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mulatto   show
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show An economic system in which decisions about production, price, and other economic factors are determined by the law of supply and demand  
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GDP per capita   show
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show An economic system that is controlled by a single central government  
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traditional economy   show
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plateau   show
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peninsula   show
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show The watering of farmland with water drawn from reservoirs or rivers  
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show A hole formed when limestone is dissolved, causing the land above to collapse  
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hacienda   show
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land redistribution   show
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ejido   show
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show Farming that provides only enough for the needs of a family or village  
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show a large commercial farm owned by a private individual or a farming company  
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cash crop   show
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migrant worker   show
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show North American Free Trade Agreement, which phased out trade barriers among the United States, Canada and Mexico  
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show A factory in Mexico along the United States border, that assembles goods for export  
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