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24 Cards in this Set
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Human Geography |
The study of the distribution and characteristics of people, such as their cultures, populations, political and economic institutions. |
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The political/cultural geography of the caribbean |
The organization of states their subordinate and larger groupings and their effects on culture. |
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Hispanic Caribbean |
Places that had a long historical relationship with Spain and thus exhibit some aspects of hispanic culture, such as in language and religion. |
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9 independent mainland state (rimland) |
Mexico Guatemala Honduras El Salvador Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama Venezuela Colombia |
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Two Independent West Indian states |
Cuba Dominican Republic |
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One non independent entity |
Puerto Rico |
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Common wealth of caribbean |
Places that have had a long historical relationship with great Britain and thus exhibit certain British cultural traits, such as in language and governmental organization |
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Two independent mainland |
Belize Guiana |
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Ten independent west Indian states |
Antigua Barbuda Barbados Dominica Grenada Jamaica St. Kitti's and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent Trinadad and Tobago |
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Six non independent territories |
Anegua British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Monsterret Turks and Caicos islands Bermuda |
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Two west Indian department |
Guadeloupe Martinique |
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United States or American Caribbean |
Places owned by the US, with substantial control by its political and economic institution |
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The common wealth of |
Puerto Rico |
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The unincorporated territory of the |
United States of Virgin Islands |
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Economic system |
The structure and operations of country's production, distribution, and consumption of goods and service. |
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Primary |
Activities related to *direct harvesting *extraction of natural resources |
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Secondary |
Production *involves processing primary products *through manufacturing refining and debuted activities into finished products |
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Tertiary |
Production *refers to services in various areas |
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Socialism |
Public (government/collective) ownership of essential resources ( and maybe all property) |
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Economism |
(Government) planning of production and distribution based on agreed upon social and political objectives |
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Tourism |
The accommodation of vistors |
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Laminar |
Mineral extraction and/or refining of petroleum, bauxite, gold and other ores is a major activity several caribbean economies. |
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Manufacturing |
Is increasingly sought by Caribbean governments and is a major activity in a few economies |
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Financial services |
Off shore banking and insurance services. |
