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