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17 Cards in this Set
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Isthmus Definition |
A narrow strip of land with sea on either side |
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What is to the west of the isthmus |
Pacific Ocean |
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What is to the east of the isthmus |
Atlantic Ocean/caribean |
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What islands make up the greater antilles |
Cuba, Hispianiola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico |
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How many territories make up the lesser antilles |
20 |
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What makes up the west indies |
The greater and lesser antilles |
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How did the arrivals of the Europeans devastate Native life |
Primarily through disease |
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When does Central America gain it's independence from Spanish |
1820 |
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What is a banana republic |
Unstable, non-democratic country dependent on a small amount of agriculture |
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List the major crops of C. America |
Banana, coffee beans, sugar, chocolate |
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Who discovered the West Indies |
Christopher Columbus |
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Where did Columbus actually land |
The Bahamas |
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Slaves were used throughout the Caribbean to cultivate what plantations? |
Sugar |
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Who colonized Cuba and the Dominican Republic |
Spain |
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Who colonized Haiti |
France |
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Who colonized Jamaica |
Britian |
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Who colonized the Netherland Antilles |
The Dutch |
