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Latin America 1

AB
peninsulaStrip of land that juts out into an ocean
irrigationArtificial watering of farmland by storing and distributing water drawn from reservoirs or rivers
haciendaA large Spanish-owned estate in the America's, often run as a farm or a cattle ranch
cash cropA farm crop grown for sale and profit
subsistence farmingFarming that provides only enough for the needs of a family or a village
latifundioA Spanish word describing a large commercial farm owen by a private individual or a farming company
guerrillaA member of an armed force that is not part of a regular army
isthmusA narrow strip of land having water on each side and joining two larger bodies of land
caudilloA Latin American military dictator
archipelagoA group of islands
leewardSituated on the side facing away from the direction from which the wind is blowing


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