ACID RAIN

RAIN CONTAINING HIGH AMOUNTS OF CHEMICAL POLUTANTS

ALLUVIAL PLAIN

AREA THAT IS BUILT UP BY RICH FERTILE SOIL LEFT BY RIVER FLOODS (SUCH AS BETWEEN THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERS IN IRAQ)

LARGE HIGHLAND PLATEAU (P 260)

GROUP OR CHAIN OF ISLANDS

LOW AREA SURROUNDED BY HIGHER LAND

      BILINGUAL

 REFERRING TO A COUNTRY THAT HAS TWO OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ... ALSO PERSON WITH ABILITY TO SPEAK TWO LANGUAGES

    CALLIGRAPHY

  THE ART OF BEAUTIFUL WRITING

      campesino

Colombian farmers ...

Many have moved to cities to escape fighting in the countryside and to look for work

       cash crop

PRODUCT GROWN TO BE SOLD FOR EXPORT

PLANT WITH ROOTS THAT CAN BE GROUND INTO FLOUR TO MAKE A FLAT BREAD-LIKE PRODUCT OR EATEN IN OTHER WAYS

 HARSH MILITARY RULERS WHO GOVERNED VENEZUELA FOR MOST OF THE 1800S AND 1900S ... SINCE 1958, VENEZUELA HAS BEEN A DEMOCRACY

COUNTRY WHOSE GOVERNMENT HAS STRONG CONTROL OVER THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY AS A WHOLE

FARM OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE GOVERNMENT, SUCH AS IN CUBA WHICH IS COMMUNIST.  tHE COOPERATIVES ARE LIKE PLANTATIONS

 CORDILLERA

GROUP OF MOUNTAIN RANGES THAT RUN SIDE BY SIDE

METHOD FARMERS USE TO PRESERVE THE SOIL BY VARYING WHAT IS PLANTED IN A FIELD; IT AVOIDS USING UP ALL THE MINERALS IN THE SOIL

METHOD IN WHICH THE LAND IS LEFT UNPLANTED EVERY FEW YEARS SO THAT IT CAN STORE MOISTURE.

SYSYTEN THAT SETS RULES FOR HOW PEOPLE DECIDE WHAT GOODS AND SERVICES TO PRODUCE AND HOW THEY ARE EXCHANGED

ORDER THAT RESTRICTS AND/OR PROHIBITS TRADE WITH ANOTHER COUNTRY

PERSON WHO TRAVELS TO ANOTHER COUNTRY TO VIEW IT'S NATURAL WONDERS

PROCESS OF MOVING WEATHERED MATERIAL ON THE EARTH'S SURFACE

LACK OF FOOD

PLACES WHERE GOODS CAN BE LOADED, STORED,AND SHIPPED AGAIN WITHOUT NEEDING TO PAY ANY IMPORT FEES

HIEROGLYPHICS

     HIEROGLPHIC

HYDROELECTRIC POWER