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15 Cards in this Set
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What is an aqueduct?
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a pipe or channel designed to carry water from a distant source
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What is a campesino?
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a poor farmer or a landless peasant
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What is carnival?
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a celebration held in Latin America each year just before Lent
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What is a conquistador?
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a conqueror
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What is a criollo?
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a person with Spanish parents but who is born in Latin America
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What is elevation?
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the height of land above sea level
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What is a gaucho?
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a cowhand
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What is a hacienda?
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a plantation owned by Spaniards or the Catholic Church
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What are hieroglyphics?
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a system of writing using signs and symbols
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What is an immigrant?
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A person who has moved to one country from another
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What is a ladino?
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mestizo descended from Native Americans and Spaniards
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What is a maquiladora?
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an American-owned factory, located in Mexico
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What is a mestizo?
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A person of mixed Spanish and Native American descent
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What is a pampas?
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flat grassland region; the central plains of Argentina
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What is a plateau?
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a large raised area of mostly level land
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