| A | B |
|---|
| cordillera | mountain system made up of parallel ranges |
| coup | sudden overthrow of a gov't by a small group of people |
| soil exhaustion | soil has lost nutrients needed by plants |
| favelas | city slums |
| landlocked | completely surrounded by land |
| Tierra del Fuego | land of fire |
| guachos | cowboys of Argentina |
| llaneros | cowboys of Venezuela |
| creoles | American-born descendents of a European |
| estuary | partially enclosed body of water where salty seawater and freshwater mix |
| pampas | giant grasslands in southern Brazil and northern Argentina |
| Amazon | largest river system in the world |
| deforestation | clearing of trees |
| strait | a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water |
| llanos | grasslands |
| guerillas | member of an irregular military force |
| altiplano | broad, high plateau between the Andes Mts. |
