A | B |
country with coastlines on Caribbean Sea & Pacific Ocean | Columbia |
tierra caliente | "hot country"-hot and humid lower elevations between sea level and 3000 feet |
tierra templada | "temperate country'-zone of pleasant climates |
tierra fria | "cold country"-cool forests and grasslands-grow potatoes and wheat |
paramo | zone above the tree line-may frost any night of year |
tierra helada | "frozen country"-highest elevation |
grown in Colombia and major export- and is world famous | coffee |
guerrilla | one who fights as a member of an armed band and takes part in irregular warfare |
slash-and-burn farming | agriculture in which forests are cut and burned to clear land for planting |
Venezuela's chief source of income | mineral & oil wealth |
Suriname | exports bauxite and aluminum |
country'a population made up of mostly mestizos | Venezuela |