| A | B |
|---|
| Irrigate | To pipe in or channel water to fields. |
| Isthmus | A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| Earthquake | The shaking of Earth's surface from plate movement. |
| Volcano | A mountain fromed when hot liquid rock comes from deep within Earth to its surface. |
| Peninsula | A strip of land surrounded on three sides by water. |
| Rainforest | A thick forest in the Tropics where a great deal of rain falls. |
| Altitude | The height of something above sea level. |
| Empire | A nation that rules a large area of land. |
| Isolated | Separated from other areas or people. |
| Mestizos | A person of mixed native and European ancestry. |
| Migration | A large movement of people from one place to another. |
| Slum | An overcrowded, poor area in a town or a city. |
| Offshore | In water rather than on land. |
| Revolution | The overthrowing of a government. |
| Land reform | The taking of land from the wealthy and giving it to the poor people who have worked on it. |
| Free trade | Trading without barriers between countries. |
| NAFTA | An agreement among Canada, the U.S., and Mexico that dropped trade barriers. |
| Maquiladora | A foreign owned assembly plant in Mexico. |
| Peasant | A poor farmer. |
| Illegal | Unlawful; against the law. |
