Geo Vocab week 5
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- A warm ocean current off south America’s northwestern coast that influences global weather patterns.
- El Nino
- “The 5th of May†commemorates the victory of the Mexican people over the French army at the battle of Puepla in 1862.
- Cinco de Mayo
- A Latin American militant dictator.
- caudillo
- A Spanish word meaning “High Plainâ€. A series of Highland valleys and plateaus located in the Andes of Bolivia and Peru.
- altiplano
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The 7 countries between Mexico (country) and South America (continent): ⬢ Belize
⬢ Guatemala
⬢ Honduras
⬢ El Salvador
⬢ Nicaragua
⬢ Costa Rica
⬢ Panama - Central America
- A group of islands in the Caribbean Sea.
- West Indies
- A Spanish word meaning “rural†or “rusticâ€; a peasant in Latin America; a tenant or farm worker.
- campesino
- A member of an armed force that is not part of a regular army; relating to a form of warfare carried on by such an independent armed force.
- guerrilla
- A Portuguese word meaning “poor communityâ€.
- favela
- A plains region in Southeastern Venezuela.
- Llanos
- A Spanish word describing a large commercial farm owned by a provate individual or a farming company.
- Latifundio
- A Spanish word meaning “forest†or “jungle†in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, a forested region.
- selva
- A series of highland valleys and plateaus in the Andes of Ecuador.
- paramos
- A grasslands region in Argentina and Uruguay.
- pampas
- A region that includes Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies.
- Middle America