| A | B |
|---|
| land bridge | narrow strip of land that joins two larger landmasses |
| peninsula | piece of land surrounded by water on three sides |
| basin | broad flat lowland area surrounded by higher land |
| latitude | location north or south of the Equator |
| altitude | height above sea level |
| service industry | business that provides services to people rather than producing goods |
| maquiladora | factories that assemble parts shipped in from other countries, producing automobiles, stereos, etc. |
| subsistence farming | farm that produces only emough to support a family's needs |
| plantation | large farm on which a single cash crop is raised |
| industrialized | describing a country in which industry has replaced farming as the main economic activity |
| smog | fog mixed with smoke and chemicals |
| colony | overseas settlement made by a parent country |
| mestizo | person of mixed Native American and European ancestry |
| adobe | sun-dried clay brick |
