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8th history test 5
chapter 12 South America
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| tepuis | a chain of hich plateaus edged by cliffs |
| llanos | a large plains area in Northeast columbia and venezuela |
| Gran Chaco | hunting land |
| Pampas | a wide grassland farther south of the Gran Chaco or hunting grounds |
| tree line | the line above which trees do not grow |
| El Nino | the eastern Pacific Ocean is warmer and the climate much wetter than normal |
| La Nina | pacific waters are colder than normal |
| chibcha | a south american tribe in the colombian andes who gave us the legend of El Dorado |
| Inca | founded south america's greatest early civilization. at its height this empire streched from what is now ecuador to central chile. |
| latifundia | large estates |
| buffer state | a small country between two larger, more powerful ones |
| coup (pronounced koo) | a group would take power by force in this event |
| manioc | a tropical plant with starcy roots |
| minifundia | when large estates were broken up this was the result usually they had poor land and were too small to be profitable |
| favelas | in brazil poor people who live in the large city slums |
| landlocked | a country that has no border on the ocean |
| terrorism | the use of fear and violence as a political force (example is 9/ll) |
| altiplano | high plateau |
| deforestation | the cutting down of trees to better the economy |
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