chapter 10 Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| export | to sell to other countries |
| campesino | a rural farm worker |
| latifundia | a large agricultural estate |
| minifundia | a small plot of land intensively farmed by campesinos |
| cash crop | a crop produced in large quantities to be sold or traded |
| developing country | a country that is working toward greater use of manufacturing and technology |
| service industry | an industry that provides services rather than goods |
| maquiladora | a foreign-owned factory in Mexico |
| North American Free Trade Agreement | an agreement among the United States, Canada, and Mexico that reduces trade restrictions among those countries |
| sustainable development | technological and economic growth that does not deplete the human and natural resources of a given area |
| deforestation | the clearing of destroying of forests |
| slash-and-burn | farming methods using cutting and burning of trees to enrich soil |
| reforestation | the planting of trees on land that has been stripped |
| shantytown | a makeshift community on the edge of the city |
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