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14 Cards in this Set
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Middle America |
Mexico and central America |
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plateau |
A large raised area of mostly level land |
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isthmus |
a strip of land with water on both sides that joins two larger bodies of land |
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Pampas |
flat grassland |
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rain forest |
a dense evergreen forest that has abundant rainfall year-round |
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Amazon River |
a long river in northern South America |
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tributary |
a river or stream that flows into a larger river |
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El Nino |
a warming of the ocean water along the western coast of South America |
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elevation |
the height of land above sea level |
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economy |
the ways that goods and services are produced and made available to people |
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natural resources |
things found in nature that people can use to meet their needs |
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hydroelectricity |
electric power produced by rushing water |
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one-resource economy |
a country's economy based largely on one resouce or crop |
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diversify |
to add variety |
