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Vocab for L. America Test

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global warming
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cerrado
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pampas
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capoeira
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Tenochtitlan
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caudillo
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rain forest
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Mercosur
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terraced farming
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Inca
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Quechua
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biodiversity
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calypso
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informal economy
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samba
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Spanish Conquest
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NAFTA
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maquiladoras
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oligarchy
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land reform
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a vast area of grassland and rich soil in south-central South America
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a style of music that began in Trinidad and combines musical elements from Africa, Spain, and the Caribbean
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North American Free Trade Agreement, an important trade agreement creating a huge zone of cooperation on trade and economic issues in North America
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the conquering of the Native Americans by the Spanish
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a martial art and dance that developed in Brazil from Angolans who were taken there by the Portuguese from Africa
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a forest region located in the Tropical Zone with a heavy concentration of differentspecies of broadleaf trees
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a military dictator or political boss
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the process of breaking up large landholdings to attain a more balanced land distribution among farmers
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an economic common market that began operating in the southern cone of S. America in 1995
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people who built a civilization in the Andes Mountains in the 15th and 16th centuries
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the buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, preventing heat from escaping into space and causing rising temperatures and shifting weather patterns
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the ancient Aztec capital city which is the site of Mexico City today
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the variety of organisms within an ecosystem
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A Brazilian dance with African influences
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government run by a few persons or small group
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an ancient technique for growing crops on hillsides or mountain slopes, using step-like horizontal fields cut into the slopes
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the language of the Inca Empire, now spoken in the Andes Highlands
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a factory in Mexico that assembles imported materials into finished goods for export
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jobs which take place outside official channels, without benefits or protections for workers such as street vending, shining shoes, and other small services
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a savanna that has flat terrain and moderate rainfall, which make it suitable for farming
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favelas
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people of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage
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a debt-reducing deal wherein an organization agrees to pay off a certain amount of government debt in return for protection of a certain portion of rain forest
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A large, grassy, treeless area in South America, used for grazing and farming
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the cutting down and clearing away of trees and forests
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the most colorful feast day in Brazil celebrated in the week before the beginning of Lent
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a treaty between Spain and Portugal in 1494 that gave Portugal control over the land that is present-day Brazil
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a factor that causes people to leave their homelands and migrate to another region
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a ship canal that was built to connect the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean
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a style of music that developed in Jamaica in the 1960s and is rooted in African, Caribbean, and American music, often dealing with social problems and religion

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