South America Vocab Practice

Tributary

• a small river that flows into a larger river

• a method of farming that involves cutting down trees an underbrush and burning the are to create a field for crops

• to make free

• a steep cliff at the edge of a plateau with a lowland area below

rainforest

• a steep cliff at the edge of a plateau with a lowland area below

• a method of farming that involves cutting down trees an underbrush and burning the are to create a field for crops

• a dense stand of trees and other vegetation that receives a great deal of precipitation each year

• a small river that flows into a larger river

escarpment

• to make free

• a steep cliff at the edge of a plateau with a lowland area below

• a small river that flows into a larger river

• a method of farming that involves cutting down trees an underbrush and burning the are to create a field for crops

slash-and-burn agriculture

• a method of farming that involves cutting down trees an underbrush and burning the are to create a field for crops

• a dense stand of trees and other vegetation that receives a great deal of precipitation each year

• to make free

• a small river that flows into a larger river

emancipate

• a small river that flows into a larger river

• a steep cliff at the edge of a plateau with a lowland area below

• a method of farming that involves cutting down trees an underbrush and burning the are to create a field for crops

• to make free

cash crops

• a large estate

• a farm product grown for sale

• a group of languages developed by enslaved people on colonial plantations that is a mixture of French, Spanish, and African

• a member of a small, defensive force of irregular soldiers

hacienda

• a tax added to the price of goods that are imported

• a group of languages developed by enslaved people on colonial plantations that is a mixture of French, Spanish, and African

• a large estate

• a farm product grown for sale

Creole

• a group of languages developed by enslaved people on colonial plantations that is a mixture of French, Spanish, and African

• a large estate

• a tax added to the price of goods that are imported

• a member of a small, defensive force of irregular soldiers

tariff

• a group of languages developed by enslaved people on colonial plantations that is a mixture of French, Spanish, and African

• a farm product grown for sale

• a member of a small, defensive force of irregular soldiers

• a tax added to the price of goods that are imported

guerrilla

• a large estate

• a farm product grown for sale

• a member of a small, defensive force of irregular soldiers

• a tax added to the price of goods that are imported