| A | B |
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| strait | A narrow passageway that connects two large bodies of water |
| selvas | The thick tropical rain forests of eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and northern Bolivia |
| Peru Current | A cold ocean current off the coast of western South America |
| El Niño | An ocean and weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean in which ocean waters become warmer |
| quinoa | A native plant of South America’s Andean region that yields nutritious seeds |
| quipus | Complicated systems of knots tied on strings of various colors, used by the Inca of South America to record information |
| viceroy | The governor of a colony |
| creoles | American-born descendants of Europeans in Spanish South America |
| coup | A sudden overthrow of a government by a small group of people |
| Quechua | The language of South America’s Inca; still spoken in the region |
| junta | A small group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power |
