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latin america

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export   to sell to other countries  
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campesino   a rural farm worker  
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latifundia   a large agricultural estate  
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minifundia   a small plot of land intensively farmed by campesinos  
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cash crop   a crop produced in large quantities to be sold or traded  
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developing country   a country that is working toward greater use of manufacturing and technology  
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service industry   an industry that provides services rather than goods  
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maquiladora   a foreign-owned factory in Mexico  
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North American Free Trade Agreement   an agreement among the United States, Canada, and Mexico that reduces trade restrictions among those countries  
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sustainable development   technological and economic growth that does not deplete the human and natural resources of a given area  
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deforestation   the clearing of destroying of forests  
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slash-and-burn   farming methods using cutting and burning of trees to enrich soil  
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reforestation   the planting of trees on land that has been stripped  
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shantytown   a makeshift community on the edge of the city  
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