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17 Cards in this Set
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Amazon River
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the major river in South America
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Rio de la Plata
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a body of water in South America
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estuary
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a partially enclosed body of water where freshwater mixes with salty seawater
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Pampas
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a fertile plains region in southern South America located mainly in Argentina
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deforestation
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the clearing of trees
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soil exhaustion
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the process of soil becoming infertile because it has lost nutrients needed by plants
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São Paulo
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(24 °S, 47 °W) the largest city in Brazil and South America
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megacity
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a giant urban area that includes surrounding cities and suburbs
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Rio de Janeiro
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(23 °N, 43 °W) the second-largest city in Brazil; it is a major port city and Brazil’s former capital
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favela
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a huge slum in Brazil
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Brasília
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(10 °S, 55 °W) the capital of Brazil
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Manaus
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(3 °S, 60 °W) a major port and industrial city in Brazil’s Amazon rain forest
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gaucho
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an Argentine cowboy
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Buenos Aires
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(36 °S, 60 °W) the capital of Argentina
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Mercosur
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an organization that promotes trade and economic cooperation among the southern and eastern countries of South America
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informal economy
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a part of the economy that is based on odd jobs that people perform without government regulation through taxes
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landlocked
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completely surrounded by land with no direct access to the ocean
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