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12 Cards in this Set
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Cash crops |
Crops you make money from |
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What issues come from cash crops? |
Only dependent on one crop |
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Conquistador |
Spanish conquerors |
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Green Revolution |
Advances in farming techniques that helped to produce more crops |
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Latin America |
South of US and names because of latin influence |
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Maquilladoras |
American-owned factories in Mexico on the border for cheaper labor |
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Issues with Maquilladoras |
Less jobs for Americans, pollution on border, taking up land. |
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MERCOSUR |
Trade agreement between southern South America that helps those countries bolster each other economies and trade with out tariffs |
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NAFTA |
Trade agreement between the US, Canada, and Mexico which eliminates trade barriers and tariffs |
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Quechua |
Language of the Inca and spoken in Peru |
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Tierra Caliente |
Hot land on bottom layer of Mt. In S.A where tropical plants grow |
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Tierra helada |
Summit of Mt. In S.A where only potatoes and barley wheat can be grown |
