Vocabulary Chapter 11,12, &13
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
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| Isthmus | A narrow strip of land having water on each side and joining two larger bodies of land.
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| Guerrilla | A member of an armed force that is NOT part of a regular army: relating to a form of warfare carried on by such a independent armed force.
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| Archipelago | A group of islands.
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| Coral Island | An island formed by the skeletal remains of tiny sea animals and the sediment piling on top of them.
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| Windward | Facing the wind.
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| Leeward | Facing away from the wind.
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| Escarpment | A steep cliff that separates two level areas of differing elevations.
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| Sertao | An interior of northeastern Brazil with poor soil and uncertain levels of rain
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| Favela | A slum city in a brazilian city.
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| Plantation | A large estate farmed by many workers.
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| Gasohol | A fuel mixture of gasoline and ethanol.
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| Deforestation | The process of stripping land of its trees.
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| Ecotourism | tourism that engages environmental awareness and has little affect on the ecosystem
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| Estuary | The wide mouth of a river where fresh water meets salt water.
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| Piedmont | A region of rolling foothills.
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| Pampas | the grassy plains of northern Argentina and uruguay.
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| Gaucho | A cowboy who herded cattle in the pampas of Argentina and Uruguay.
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| Altiplano | A plateau region located in the andes of Bolivia and Pure.
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| Timber Line |
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| Selva |
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| Bauxite | A mineral used in the making of Aluminum.
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| llano | A grassy plain.
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| Cordillera | A related set of separate mountains.
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| Campesino | A tentet farmer or farm worker.
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