| A | B |
|---|
| cooperative | plantation or other business owned by its workers |
| empire | land with different territories and people under a single ruler |
| mestizos | mixed Spanish and Indian blood |
| haciendas | large farms |
| slash-and-burn agriculture | burning forests to clear land for farming |
| cash crops | grown and sold for profit |
| maquiladoras | U.S. and foreign owned factories in Mexico |
| isthmus | narros strip of land that connects two large pieces of land |
| ecotourism | using an area's natural environment to attract tourists |
| commonwealth | self-governing territory |
| archipelago | large group of islands |
| dialect | regional variety of language |
