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Unit 4 Review SS
Question | Answer |
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Panama Canal | a shortcut that ships pay a fee to use to shorten time between the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean |
Crude Oil | Petroleum, or crude oil, is a smelly, yellow-to-black liquid and is usually found in underground areas called reservoirs |
Land bridge | an narrow piece of land that connects to larger masses of land |
Region | an area large or small that have common characteristcs |
Economy | the management of the resources of a community, country, etc., esp. with a view to its productivity. |
isthmus | narrow piece of land that connects two larger pieces of land |
mineral | including rocks formed by these substances as well as certain natural products of organic origin, as asphalt or coal. |
maquiladora | factories that assemble parts that come from other countries |
petroleum | an oily, thick, flammable, usually dark-colored liquid that occurring naturally and commonly obtained by drilling: used in a natural or refined state as fuel, or separated by distillation into gasoline, naphtha, benzene, kerosene, paraffin, etc |
commonwealth | partly self governing territory |
hacienda | large ranch |
federal republic | government divided between national and state powers |
escarpment | steep cliff between higher and lower land |
embargo | order that restricts or prohibits trade with another country |
literacy rate | percentage of people that can read and write |
foothill | low hill at base of mountain range |
empire | group of lands under one ruler |
navigable | body of water wide and deep enough to allow the passage of ships |
campesino | Columbian farmer |
mestizo | person with mixed spanish and native american background. |
pampas | vast treeless, grass covered plains of South America |
hydroelectric power | electricity generated by flowing water |
llanos | grassy plains |
gaucho | cow hand |
basin | low area surrounded by higher land |
Amazon | a river in N South America, flowing E from the Peruvian Andes through N Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean: the largest river in the world |
Hispanola | an island in the West Indies, comprising the republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. |