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- photosynthesis
- process where green plants and trees produce their own food using water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight and gives off oxygen
- boom
- a period of increased prosperity during which more of a product is produced and sold
- altiplano
- a region of high plateaus in the Andes
- Caracas
- capital of Venezuela where most Venezuelans live
- pesticide
- chemical used to kill insects and stop diseases taht can hurt crops
- montana
- large stretches of tropical forests on the lower slopes of mountains in northeast Peru
- Quechua
- most of the Native Americans in Peru
- Lake Titicaca
- the world's largest lake that lies in Peru's altiplano in the Andes Mountains in South America and has islands made of straw
- Brasilia
- the capital city of Brazil on the interior plain
- canopy
- a dense mass of leaves forming the top layer of a forest
- Santiago
- capital of Chile in a valley in the central plain that is surrounded on 3 sides by the Andes and has bad pollution
- sierra
- mountains that run from northwest to southeast Peru and contains the altiplano and Peru's highest mountains
- Yanomamo
- a Native American group that lives in the rain forests
- Rio de Janeiro
- a major city in Brazil near a harbor where both teh rich and very poor live
- Atacama Desert
- area in northern Chile that is one of the driest regions in the world
- Andes
- mountains in Chile that run down the whole length of the country like a giant spine
- Lake Maracaibo
- lake in northwestern Venezuela where the largest petroleum (oil) deposits lie
- Uros
- people who make their islands out of tutora reeds on Lake Titicaca
- Salvador
- the most African of Brazilian cities that lies on the coastal plain and major port
- Cuzco
- a city in Peru; capital of the Incan Empire
- privatization
- the government sells its industries to individuals or private companies
- tundra
- a region where temperatures are always cool or cold and where only certain plants, such as low grasses, can grow