| A | B |
|---|
| basin | broad flat lowland area surrounded by higher land. |
| earthquake | violent jolting or shanking of the earth caused by movement of rocks alonga fault |
| plateau | flat landform whose surface is raised above the surrounding land with one steep side |
| peninsula | peice of land surrounded by water on three sides |
| economy | a system for the managment of resorces |
| colony | overseas settlement made by a parent country |
| mestizo | a person of mixed native american and eropean ancestry |
| substance farm | farm that pruduces only enough to support one families needs |
| plantation | a large farm on which a single cash crop is raised |
| maquiladora | factories that assemble parts shipped in from other countries produceing atomobels, stero's,computers ect. |
| adobe | sun dried clay brick |
| smog | fod mixed with smoke and cemicals. |
