Chap. 8-11 Key Terms
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| Megacity | giant urban area that includes surrounding cities and suburbs
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| Guerillas | members of an irregular military force operating in small bands behind enemy lines
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| Llaneros | Venezuelan cowboys
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| Llanos | plains of Venezuela
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| Strike | the organized withdrawal of work from a firm by a union
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| Referendum | procedure enabling voters to reject a measure passed by the legislature
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| Strait | narrow water passage connecting two larger bodies of water
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| Isthmus | narrow land stretch connecting two larger land areas
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| Archipelago | chain of islands
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| Ecotourism | tourism based on concern for the environment
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| Dialect | regional variety of a language
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| Altiplano | high plain
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| Estuary | area where a river merges with an ocean
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| Pampas | plains of Argentina
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| Gauchos | cowboys of Argentina
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| Deforestation | removal of trees faster than forests can regrow them
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| Soil Exhaustion | when soil has lost all of its nutrients
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| El Nino | warm current of South America's northeast coast that influences global weather patterns
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| Cloud Forest | mountain forests where temperatures are cool and fog/clouds keep vegetation constantly moist
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| Refugee | an exile who flees for safety
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| Mestizo | person of mixed Spanish and Native descent
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| Infrastructure | basic framework of a building or system
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| Coup | violent overthrow of a government by a small group
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| Favelas | large slums in Brazil
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| Creoles | Spaniards born in Latin America
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| Informal Economy | economic activity neither taxed nor monitored by the government
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| Landlocked | surrounded by land entirely or almost
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| Viceroy | governor or ruler exercising authority on behalf of a sovereign in a province or colony
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| Commonwealth | a republic
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