Question

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South America-Geography

Answer 1

 diversity
 mestizo
 migration
 cordillera
 ecosystem
 Llanos
 terraced farming
 austerity measure
 caudillo
 El Dorado
 nationalize
 paramilitary
 piracy
 Gran Colombia
 insurgent
 Latin America
 representative democracy
 Subsidence
 collaborate
 guerillas
 land distribution
 paramilitary groups
 Bolivianos
 Cerro Rico
 Potosí
 Antiplano
 El Niño
 subducted
 vertical climate zones
 criollo
 immunity
 mercantilism
 mestizo
 oligarchy
 amend
 diversified economy
 literacy
 MERCOSUR
 propaganda
 referendum
 autonomy
 land reform
 peasant
 Amazon basin
 canopy
 favela
 savanna
 abolitionist
 boom and bust cycle
 brazilwood
 coup
 export economy
 ethanol
 market economy
 social services
 urban planning
 biodiversity
 habitat
 slash and burn

Short response practice:
From the list of Key terms above, choose any 3 related words and write a descriptive response (4-5 sentences) in which you use the three words you chose to describe their meaning and relationship to each other. Make sure you are writing in complete sentences and explaining in enough detail).

Answer 2

Do you know the meaning of at least 3 of those words? If you don't find out. That's where you start.
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Answer 3

I was hoping to work on it with someone step by step like what I usually do. Apparently nobody does that in the geography section.

Answer 4

Definitions may not be in order, but oh well:

abolitionist
someone who wanted to end slavery (Pearson)
Altiplano
high plateau in Peru and Bolivia
Amazon basin
all the land drained by the Amazon River
amend
make changes to a constitution
arroz feijáo
rice and beans
austerity measure
government policies meant to save money
autonomy
self-rule
biodiversity
variety of living things in a region or ecosystem
Bolivianos
individuals who live in Bolivia
boom and bust cycle
period of strong economic growth followed by a period of sharp decline
brazilwood
wood that produces a red dye
canopy
the upper leaves of rain forest trees
caudillo
dictator
Cerro Rico
a mountain used for mining; located in Potosí, Bolivia
collaborate
when one individual or group works with another individual or group toward a common goal
cordillera
range of mountains that parallels another range
coup
sudden violent overthrow of a government, often by the military
criollo
Spanish person born in Spain's American colonies
diversified economy
economy that depends on a variety of exports or products
diversity
cultural variety
ecosystem
group of plants and animals that depend on each other and their environment for survival
El Dorado
legendary gold-rich king
El Niño
warming of ocean water along the west coast of South America
ethanol
a flammable liquid used in the development of gasoline
export economy
economy based on exports
favela
Brazilian slum
flamenco
a Spanish dance
Gran Colombia
a large area Simon Bolivar tried to unite in South America that includes Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Panama
guerilla
soldier who makes surprise raids on enemies
habitat
natural environment
immunity
natural defense against disease
insurgent
rebel
land distribution
ownership of land
land reform
program to redistribute land to poor farmers
Latin America
areas of Middle and South America influenced by the cultures of Spain, France, or Portugal
literacy
ability to read and write
Llanos
lowland plains in Colombia and Venezuela
market economy
economy in which individual consumers and producers make all economic decisions
mercantilism
economic system in which colonies sent raw materials to the mother country; in return, colonists were expected to buy products from the country
MERCOSUR
trading bloc of the South American countries Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay, formed in 1991
mestizo
person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry
migration
movement of people from one place to another
nationalize
government taking ownership of a company
oligarchy
government in which a small group of people rule
paramilitary
private army
peasant
poor farmer who farms a small plot of land
piracy
seizing a ship and its contents at sea
Potosí
a city in Bolivia
prejudice
strong feelings of dislike or like, that are neither fair or rational, for an individual or a group of individuals
propaganda
information created or distributed by governments in order to influence public opinion
referendum
vote held to reject or accept a law
representative democracy
democracy in which people elect representatives to make the nation's laws
savanna
park like landscape of grasslands with scattered trees that can survive dry spells, found in tropical areas with dry seasons
slash and burn
method used to clear land for planting that involves cutting down all vegetation in an area and burning it
social services
programs designed to help the poor
subducted
movement of one part of the Earth's crust under another
subsidence
sinking of the ground
terraced farming
sculpting the hillsides into different levels for crops
urban planning
the planning of a city
vertical climate zones
climate zones in a region that change according to elevation

Answer 5

The words are right above their definition