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World Geography
Chapter 9 & 10 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Conquistador | Name of a spanish explor |
Cultural Divergence | One culture to another |
Caudillo | military dictior |
Pampus | A grassland region in Argentina and Uruguay. |
Cay | |
Coral | Skeletons of tiny animals |
Tropical Storm | A storm of winds at least 39 miles (63km) per hour. |
Hurricane | A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, usually in late summer and early fall. |
El Nino | a warm ocean current |
Canopy | |
Mestizo | A person of mixed European an Native American heritage. |
Mulatto | A person of mixed African and European ancestry |
Market Economy | An economic system in which Decisions about production, price, And other economic factors are determined by the law of supply and demand. |
GDP Per Capita | |
Command Economy | An economic that is controlled by a single central government. |
Traditional Economy | An economic system in which families produce good and services for their own use. |
Plateau | An area of high, flat land. |
Penisula | |
Irrigation | |
Sinkhole | |
Hacienda | |
Land Redistrubution | |
Ejido | |
Subsistence Farming | |
Latifundio | |
Cash Crop | |
Migrant Worker | |
NAFTA | |
Maquiladora |