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A factory in mexico along the united states border, that assemble goods for export.
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Maquiladoras
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A slum community in a brazilian city.
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Favelas
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tourism that encourages enviromental awareness and has little effect on the ecosystem.
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Ecotourism
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A forested region in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
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Selva
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a migrant who travels from place to place working where extra help is needed to cultivate or harvest crops.
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Migrant Worker
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An economic system in which decisions about production, price, and other economic factors are determined by law of supply and demand.
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Market Economy
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An economic system that is controlled by a single central government.
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Command
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A mineral used in making aluminium.
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Bauxite
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A narrow strip of land having water on each side, joining two larger bodies of water.
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Isthmus
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A large commercial farm owned by a private individual or a farming company.
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Latifundio
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A latin american military dictator.
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Caudillo
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Name for the spanish explorers who claimed land in the Americas for Spain.
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Conquistador
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A strip of land that juts out into the ocean.
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Peninsula
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Facing away from the wind.
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Leeward
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The artificial watering of farmland with water frawn from reservoirs or rivers.
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Irrigation
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A group of islands.
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Archipelago
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The wide mouth of a river, where fresh water meets salt water.
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Estuary
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(North American Free Trade Agreement) Which phased out trade barriers among the United Staes, Canada, and Mexico.
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NAFTA
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The total value of goods and services produced within a year, divided by the country.s total population.
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GDP per capita
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A member of an armed force that is not part of a regular army, relating to a form of warfare carried on by an independent armed force.
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Guerilla
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A grasslands region in Argentina and Uruguay.
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Pampas
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Farmland owned collectively by members of a rural community.
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Ejidos
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A small lowland or coral reef.
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Cay
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The contact and interction of one culture with another.
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Cultural Convergence
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An economic system in which families producegoods and services for their own use, with little surplus and exchange of goods, also known as a subsistence economy.
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Traditional Economy
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