South America Vocab.

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Cutting down large forest areas:

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deforestation

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Growing enough food for your family:

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subsistence farming

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Landlocked means:

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surrounded by land on all sides

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Farmers cut terraces into hillsides for farming and livestock:

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Terraced farming

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Gaucho means:

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cowhands (cowboys)

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Pampas are vast treeless areas in Argentina for grains and livestock.

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plains

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Slums of Rio de Janeiro are called:

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favelas

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Cutting and burning large forest areas for crops:

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slash-and-burn farming

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Crops grown for profit:

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cash crops

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Main crops harvested by slaves in 1800s S. America:

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sugarcane and coffee