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| A mountain system made up of parallel ranges |
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| steep-sided plateaus capped by sandstone layers |
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| A plains region in eastern Colombia and western Venezuela |
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| "The Golden One," a legend of the early Chibcha people of Colombia |
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| A tropical plant with starchy roots |
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| A plant used to make a deep blue dye |
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| Military leaders who ruled Venezuela in the 1800s and 1900s |
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| Cowboys of the Venezuelan Llanos |
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| Venezuelans of mixed African, European, and South American Indian ancestry |
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| People who agree to work for a certain period of time, often in exchange for travel expenses |
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| Simple languages that help people who speak different languages understand each other |
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| A wide, grassy plains region in central Argentina |
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| A partially enclosed body of water where salty seawater and freshwater mix |
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| The loss of soil nutrients needed by plants |
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| Huge slums that surround some Brazilian cities |
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| A system in which Spanish monarchs gave land to Spanish colonists in the Americas; landowners could force Indians living there to work the land |
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| A trade organization that includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and two associate members (Bolivia and Chile) |
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| A country that is completely surrounded by land, with no direct access to the ocean |
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| A narrow passageway that connects two large bodies of water |
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| The thick tropical rain forests of eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and northern Bolivia |
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| A cold ocean current off the coast of western South America |
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| an ocean and weather pattern |
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| A native plant of South America’s Andean region that yields nutritious seeds |
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| Complicated systems of knots tied on strings of various colors, used by the Inca of South America to record information |
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| American-born descendants of Europeans in Spanish South America |
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| A sudden overthrow of a government by a small group of people |
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| The language of South America’s Inca; still spoken in the region |
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| A small group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power |
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