S.A. History and Geography Vocab

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Grassland in South America

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Pampas

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Enabling boats or ships to pass through

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Navigable

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Height above sea level

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altitude

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No access to the sea

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landlocked

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A nation with its own government in a specific territory.

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country

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A large, continuous mass of land, ideally separated by water

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continent

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Imaginary line dividing north and south hemispheres

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Equator

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Half of the Earth, divided by the equator or an imaginary line through the poles.

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hemisphere

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Land extending into water, surrounded on three sides by water.

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peninsula

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Indigenous people of Central America

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mesoamerica