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6th Six Weeks Vocab. Flashcards

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Define Altiplano

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A high plain

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Define Cordillera

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A mountain range that runs parallel to another mountain range

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Define Escarpment

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A steep cliff or slope

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Define Llanos

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Grassy plains of Columbia and Venezuela

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Define Pampas

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Grassy plains of Argentina and Uruguay

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Define Gaucho

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A cowhand on the Pampas

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Define Hydroelectric power

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Electricity generated from the energy of water

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Define Indigenous

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Descended from an area’s first inhabitants

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Define Dialect

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A form of a language unique to a particular place

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Define Chinampas

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Floating “islands” made from large rafts covered with mud

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Define Conquistador

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A person who conquers

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Define Caudillo

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An absolute dictator

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Define Viceroy

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An official appointed by the Spanish royalty to rule a colony

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Define Service Industry

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An industry that provides services rather than goods

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Define Cash Crop

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A crop produced in large quantities to be sold or traded

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Define Developing Country

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A country that is working toward greater use of manufacturing and technology

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Define Maquiladora

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A foreign owned factory in Mexico

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Define North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

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An agreement among the United States, Canada, and Mexico that reduces trade restrictions among those countries

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Define Estuary

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An area where the tide meets a river current

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Define Canopy

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A continuous layer of leaves

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Define Tierra Caliente

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Hot land

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Define Tierra Templada

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Temperate land

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Define Tierra Fría

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Cold land

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Define Patois

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Dialects that blend elements of indigenous, European, African, and Asian languages

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Define Primate City

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An urban area that dominates its country’s economy, culture, and political affairs

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Define Glyph

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A picture writing carved in stone

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Define Quipu

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A series of knotted cords of various colors and lengths, each knot representing a different item or number

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Define Syncretism

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A blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into a single faith

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Define Extended Family

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A household made up of grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins as well as parents and children

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Define Malnutrition

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A serious condition caused by a lack of proper food

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Define Mosaic

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A picture or design made by setting small bits of colored stone, tile, or shell into cement

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Define Sustainable Development

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Technological and economic growth that does not deplete the human and natural resources of a given area

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Define Deforestation

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The clearing or destruction of forests

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Define Slash and burn

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Farming methods using cutting and burning of trees to enrich soil

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Define Reforestation

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The planting of trees on land that has been stripped

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Define Shanty town

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A makeshift community on the edge of a city

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Define Divide

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A high point or ridge that determines the direction that rivers flow

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Define Headwaters

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The source waters of a river

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Define Fall Line

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A boundary that marks the place where higher land drops to lower land

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Define Timberline

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The elevation above which trees cannot grow

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Define Chinook

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A warm, dry wind that blows down the Rocky Mountains in late winter and early spring

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Define Prairie

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A naturally treeless expanse of grasses

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Define Fishery

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Place for catching fish and other sea animals

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Define Supercell

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A violent spring and summer thunderstorm that causes a tornado

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Define Blizzard

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A long severe snowstorm

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Define Tributary

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A smaller brook, river or stream that connects with a large river

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Define Immigration

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The movement of people into one country from another

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Define Sunbelt

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The American south and southwest, named because of its mild climate

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Define Urbanization

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The concentration of population in cities

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Define Metropolitan Area

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A large urban center

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Define Suburb

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An outlying community located near a city

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Define Megalopolis

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A chain of closely linked metropolitan areas

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Define Native American

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Descendants of the first immigrants to North America who probably came from Asia

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Define Mobility

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The ability to move from place to place

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