| A | B |
|---|
| Shanty town | A poor settlement, often near a city of small makeshift shelter |
| Coup | An overthrow of an existing government by another political or military group. |
| Legacy | Something received from a previous area. |
| Renaissance | The era from the 1300's to the 1600's during which a renewed interest in leaning spread throughout Europe: " rebirth" |
| Pampas | The wide grass plains of Argentina. |
| Cash crop | A crop produced primarily for direct sale in a market. |
| City- state | A self governing city and its surronding area. |
| Commonwealth | An association of self governing states with similar backgrounds and united by a common loyalty. |
| Isthmus | A narrow neck of land that acts as a bridge to connect two larger bodies of land. |
| Refuge | A erson who flees his or her own country to another, often for economic or political reasons. |
| Guerrilla | Member of an armed band and takes part in iregular warfare such as harrasment and raids. |
| Slash and burn farming | The type of agriculture in which forest are cut and burned to clear land for planting. |
| Land locked | Completely surronded by land without access to an ocean. |
| Imperialism | The policy of gaining control over territory outside a nation. |
| Reunification | The process of reuniting, or rejoining into one unit. |
| Constitutional Monarchy | A country that has a reigning King or Queen, as well as Parliament that serves as the lawmaking branch of government. |
| Socialism | An economic system in which the government owns and controls the means of producing goods. |
| Confederation | A group of states joined together for a common purpose. |
| Dialect | A regional variety of a major language. |
| Neutral | Choosing not to take sides in international conflicts. |
