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10 Cards in this Set
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peninsula
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a strip of land that juts out into the ocean
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irrigation
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the watering of farm land with water drawn from reservoirs or rivers
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sinkhole
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a hole formed when limestone is dissolved causing the land above to collapse.
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hacienda
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a large spanish- onwed estate in the anericas often run as a farm or cattle ranch
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land redistribution
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a poiicy by lnd is taken from those who own large and redistributed to those who have little or none
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ejido
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farmland owned collectivly by members of a rural community
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latifundio
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A large commercial farm owned by a privatr individal or a farming or a company
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cash crops
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A farm crop grown for sale and profit
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migrant worker
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A worker who travels from plkace to place woirking where extra help is needed to cultivate or harvest crops
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NAFTA
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North American Free Trading Agreement which phased out trade barries among the U.S. Canada and Mexico.
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