| A | B |
|---|
| cordillera | group of mountain chains that run side by side |
| llanos | hot grasslands in northeastern Colombia |
| cash crop | crop that is sold for export |
| campesino | name for Colombian farmers |
| altiplano | large high plateau in southern Peru and Bolivia |
| navigable | wide and deep enough to allow ship passage |
| empire | group of lands under one ruler |
| Lake Titicaca | highest navigable lake in the world |
| Ecuador | means "equator" |
| quinoa | cereal grain grown in Bolivia |
| sodium nitrate | mineral produced in Chile for fertilizer and explosives |
| Tierra del Fuego | "land of fire" - group of islands in southern Chile |
| tannin | substance from hardwood trees used to make leather |
| estancia | ranch in Argentina |
| gaucho | cowhand, the national symbol of Argentina |
| Gran Chaco | forested area of western Argentina |
| Patagonia | dry, windswept plateau of southern Argentina |
| Pampas | treeless plains of Argentina |
