Latin And Central America Flashcards
Peninsula
A strip of land that juts out into an ocean
Plateau
An area of high flat land
Irrigation
The watering of farmland with water drawn from reservoirs or rivers
Sinkhole
A hole formed when limestone is dissolved, causing the land above to collapse
Hacienda
A large Spanish owned estate in America’s, often run as a farm or cattle ranch
Land redistribution
A policy by which land is taken from those who own large amounts and redistributed to those who have little or none
Ejidos
Farmland owned collectively by member of a rural community
Subsistence farming
Farming that provides only enough for the needs of a family or village
Latifundio
A large commercial farm owned by a private individual or a farming company
Cash crops
A farm crop grown for sale and profit
Migrant workers
A worker who travels from place to place, working where extra help is needed to cultivate or harvest crops
Isthmus
A narrow strip of land having water on each side and joining two larger bodies of land
Guerrilla
A member or an armed force that is not part of a regular army; relating to form or warfare carried on by such an independent armed force
Archipelago
A group of islands
Coral island
An island formed by skeletal remains of tiny sea animals and the sand and sediment piling on top of them
