Geo, South America
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- escarpment
- steep cliff between two level areas at different heights
- favela
- alum communities
- sertao
- interior plateau
- mulatto
- mixed african and other ancestry
- llanos
- grassy plains
- cordillera
- parralell mt. ranges
- campesino
- small farmers
- altiplano
- Peru/Bolivia plateau
- selva
- forested regions
- timber line
- boundary in high elevation above which forest vegetation can not grow
- landlocked
- almost or completely surrounded by land
- mestizo
- person of mix European and Native American
- estuary
- broad river mouth
- piedmont
- foothills
- pampas
- temperate grasslands
- gaucho
- cowboys who roam the pampas
- subsistence farmer
- farming that only provides enough for the needs of the family or village
- ranchos
- small shacks, one third of Carcas, Venezuela people.
- Poorest nation in S.A
- Guyana
- Oil Producing Country
- Venezuela
- GNP
- total value of all goods in services a country produces in a year
- 4 types of environments
- Andes, Grasslands, Tropical Lowlands,Patagonia