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| Mexico | the third largest country in area in Latin America |
| Mexican plazas | public squares that serve as the center of public life |
| Mexico's Government | a Federal Republic like the USA's |
| Mexican Culture | influences from European and Native American |
| Mexico's Economic Region: vasqueros | a mexican cowhand that developed tools and methods for raising cattle during the Spanish colonial times |
| maquiladoras | factories in which workers assemble parts made in other countries |
| Mexico's Economy: subsistence farming | small plots where farmers grow only enough food to feed their families |
| Mexico's Economy: plantations | large farms that raise a single crop for sale |
| Mexico's Population: migrant workers | people that travel to find work when extra help is needed to play or harvest crops |
| Central America: literacy rate | the percentage of people who can read and write |
| Central America's 7 Countries | Belize, Guatemala, El Savador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama |
| Cuba: command economy | the communist government decides how resources are used and what good and services are produced |
| Haiti: remittances | money sent back home by Haitians who work in other countries |
| Puerto Rico: commonwealth | self-governing territory of the USA |
| South America: Brazil: selva | another name for the Amazon Rain Forest used by Brazilians |
| Brazil's People: favelas | overcrowded slum areas that surround many Brazilian cities |
| Argentina's Economy: gauchos | cowhands that raise livestock in Argentina and is used as the national symbol there |
| Argentina: national debt | money owed by the government |
| Argentina: default | to miss a debt payment to the company or person who lent the money |
| Chile: sodium nitrate | a mineral used in fertilizer and explosives |
