World Geography Ch21
Terms
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- Patagonia
- an arid region of dry plains and windswept plateaus in southern Argentina
- soil exhaustion
- a loss in soil nutrients due to planting the same crops every year
- Dictator
- a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government
- Falkland islands
- islands in the South Atlantic Ocean belonging to the United Kingdom, but claimed by Argentina
- Portuguese
- the main language of Brazil
- Buffer state
- a small country that seperates two larger competing countries
- favela
- a slum area near a brazilian city
- Pampas
- a plains region with grasslands in central Argentina; major agricultural area, and Argentina's most densely populated region
- land locked
- a country that is completely surrounded by land, and has no access to the ocean
- Rio de Janeiro
- a major port and tourist center in souteastern Brazil
- Quebracho trees
- a tree containing tannin, a substance used in leather
- Brazilian highlands
- a region of old eroded mountains along the eastern coast of Brazil
- tannin
- a substanse used in preparing leather
- growth pole
- a metropolitan area given official health to strengthen its economic development
- Rio de la plata river
- an estuary between Argentina and Uruguay in South America