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Landen flash card

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Andes   are a very long mountain range along the western edge of south America.  
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Nomad   or people who move from place to place without a permanent home.  
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Terrace   or strips of level land that are planted with crops.  
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Domesticate   wild plants into crops  
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Quipu   a recorded-keeping device made of knotted of people or goods.  
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Hierarchy   is a system for ranking members of of a group according to their importance.  
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Ayllu   was a group of related families that pooled resources.  
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Mita system   people paid taxes with labor.  
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Line of demarcation   dividing the non-european  
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Treaty of Tordesillas   established the line.  
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immunity   they died because they lacked immunity  
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brazilwood   early setters discorved an important export-the brazilwood tree.  
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banderia   these explores and slaves hunters were called bandeiras  
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oligarchy   wealthy land lowers formed an oligarchy.  
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abolitionist   were people who pushed for slavery to be banned.  
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coup   a year later, Brazil's military staged a coup overthrown of the government.  
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nationalize   in the late 1900s leaders in Argentina and Chile nationalized industries  
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mechanization   when machines do the work instead of people , changed agriculture  
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ethnic group   a community  
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telenovela   Brazil is also a major producer of telenovela  
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samba   samba, one of the most famous, has its roots in Africa  
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carnival   carnival is a party.  
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diversified   the economies of Brazil, Chile and Argentina are diversified.  
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hydroelectric power   which uses water and gravity to generate electricity, is an important source of energy for Brazil  
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interdependent   (of two or more people or things) dependent on each other.  
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privatize   privatizing is selling government owned business to private individuals and groups.  
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infrastructure   infrastructure is a built network, such as rods and power lines, that are needed to support modern life.  
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literacy rate   the literacy rate is high.  
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corruption   dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.  
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deforestation   Deforestation is the deliberate clearing of forests or thinning of trees.  
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free trade zone   a designated geographic area  
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nongovernmental   especially of an organization) not belonging to or associated with any government.  
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organization   a place with a lot of people.  
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