IGHS Winkels Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| plateau | an area of high, flat land |
| peninsula | strip of land that juts out into the Pacific Ocean |
| irrigation | the artificial watering of farmland by storing and distributing water drawn from reservoirs or rivers. |
| sinkhole | when the roof of a cavern collapses |
| haciendas | large, Spanish-owned estates of land usually run as farms or cattle ranches |
| land redistribution | the government bought out land owners of haciendas and divided the land among landless peasants |
| ejidos | farmland owned collectively by member of a rural community |
| subsistence farming | only enough crops are grown to meet the family's needs |
| latifundios | commercial farms |
| cash crops | farm crops grown for sale and profit/sugar cane, coffee, fruit, corn |
| migrant workers | peasants who travel from place to place where extra workers are needed to cultivate or harvest crops |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement/designed to compete with the European Union |
| maquiladoras | factories that assemble products for consumers in the U.S. |
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