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18 Cards in this Set
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Plantation Definition
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A large estate farmed by many workers. p260
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Angel Falls
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Angel Falls, Venezuela is about 20 times as high as Niagara Falls. This waterfall explodes out of caves in the cliff and plunges down to the Churun River. p269
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Ethanol and its definition
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A type of alcohol, made from Brazil's own cane sugar. Used to make gasohol, a mix of gasoline and ethanol. p261-62
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Brazil's capital
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Brasila p257
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Colombia's Single Crop
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Coffee p270
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Campesinos
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In Latin America, a tenant farmer or farm worker. p270
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Bogota
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Columbia's capital p270
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Deforestation
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The process of stripping the land of its trees. A permanent removal of woodland. p262
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Dirty Wars
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Conditions under military rule in the 1970s were particularily bad. So many people were kidnapped by the military and never seen again. p281
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Timber Line
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The boundary in high elevations above which continous forest vegetation cannot grown. p273
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Ecotourism
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Tourism that encourages environmental awareness and has little effect on the ecosystem. p263
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Pampas
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A grassland region in Argentina and Uruguay.
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Half of Brazil's labor force works in what industry?
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Service industries, such as hotels, restuarants, retail stores and government. p262
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What country is #1 of the world's largest producer of oil and petroleum
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Venezuela p269
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The Andes
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Longest unbroken mountain chain in the world, stretches some 5500 miles all the way from the Caribbean Sea to the southern most tip of Chili p272
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What does Venezuela's climate depend on?
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Elevation than on distance from the Equator p269
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Where did Ecuador get its name?
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From the Equator. p274
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Brazil and its middle class system?
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Doctors, teachers and service industry.
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