Chapter 9 Vocab
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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plaza | public square in Latin America city around which government buildings and major churches were built
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vaquero | Mexican cowhand
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maquiladora | a foreign-owned factory in Mexico where workers assemble parts make in other countries
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subsistence farm | small plot of land on which a farmer grows only enough food to feed his or her family
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plantation | large farm
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migrant worker | person who earns a living by temporarily moving to a place separate from his or her home in order to work
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literacy rate | percentage of people who can read and write
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command economy | economic system in which the government decides how resources are used and what good and services are produced
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remittance | money sent back home by workers who leave their home country to work in other nations
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commonwealth | self-governing territory
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selva | Brazilian name for the Amazonian rain forest
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favela | on overcrowded city slum of Brazil
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gaucho | cowhand in Argentina
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national debt | money owed by the government
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default | failure to make payments that are due to lender
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sodium nitrate | mineral used in fertilizers and explosives
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