| A | B |
|---|
| Coup d’etat | A violent overthrow of the government |
| Caudillo | Latin American political leader from the late 1800s to the present day, often a military dictator |
| Altiplano | Spanish “High Plain” region in Peru and Bolivia encircled by the Andes Peaks |
| Chinapas | floating farming islands made by the Aztecs |
| cash crop | farm products grown to be sold or traded rather than used by the farm family |
| Latifudia | in Latin America large agricultural estates owned by families or corporations |
| Llano | fertile grassland and inland areas of Columbia and Venezuela |
| Maquiladores | in Mexico a manufacturing plant set up by foreign firm |
| Mega City | a city more than 10 million people |
| migrant worker | a worker who travels from place to place, working where extra help is needed to cultivate or harvest crops |
| tierra templada | "temperate land" the middle altitude zone of Latin American highland climates |
