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Foster - 6th SS CH.6 - Mexico
6th grade Ch.6 - Mexico
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Geography
6th Grade
11/17/2008
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Term
land bridge
 Definition
land that connects two larger landmasses
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peninsula
 Definition
body of land surrounded by water on 3 sides
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basin
 Definition
broad flat valleys
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altitude
 Definition
height above sea level
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service industry
 Definition
industry that provide a service
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plantation
 Definition
large farms
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maquiladora
 Definition
factories
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subsistence farming
 Definition
farms that provide only enough food to eat
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industrialized
 Definition
having machinery do work
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smog
 Definition
smoke and fog that forms air pollution
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colony
 Definition
land conqured by another country
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mestizo
 Definition
people of European and Native American ancestry
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adobe
 Definition
sun dried clay brick
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