Latin America Chapter 1 Key Terms
Latin America textbook chapter 1, sections 1-3 key terms
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- Amazon River
- a long river in northern South America.
- diversify
- add variety.
- El Nino
- a warming of the ocean water along the western coast of South America.
- natural resources
- things found in nature that people can use to meet their needs.
- pampas
- flat grassland regions.
- rain forest
- a dense evergreen forest that has abundant rainfall year-round.
- hydroelectricity
- electric power produced by rushing water.
- isthmus
- a strip of land with water on both sides that joins two larger bodies of land.
- plateau
- a large raised area of mostly level land.
- one-resource economy
- a country's economy based largely on one resource or crop.
- economy
- the ways in which goods and services are produced and made available to people.
- tributary
- a river or stream that flows into a larger river.
- elevation
- the height above sea level.