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| A narrow passageway that connects two large bodies of water. P230 |
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| The thick tropical rain forests of eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and northern Bolivia. P231 |
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| A cold ocean current off the coast of western South America. P231 |
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| An ocean and weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean in which ocean waters become warmer. P232 |
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| A native plant of South America’s Andean region that yields nutritious seeds. P233 |
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| Complicated systems of knots tied on strings of various colors, used by the Inca of South America to record information. P234 |
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| The governor of a colony. P236 |
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| American-born descendants of Europeans in Spanish South America. P236 |
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| A sudden overthrow of a government by a small group of people. P237 |
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| The language of South America’s Inca; still spoken in the region. P238 |
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| A small group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power. P241 |
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