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14 Cards in this Set
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isthmus |
a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas |
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Carribean sea |
sea next to the pacific |
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archipelago |
a large group of islands |
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Greater Antilles |
the four large islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico. |
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Lesser Antilles |
Many smaller islands stretching from the virgin islands to Trinidad and Tobago |
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cloud forest |
a moist high elevation tropical forest where low clouds are common |
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ecotourism |
the practice of using an area's natural environment to attract tourists |
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civil war |
a conflict between two or more groups within a country |
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Panama canal |
a link between pacific ocean, the Caribbean sea. and the Atlantic ocean |
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dialect |
a regional variety of language |
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common wealth |
a self-governing area associated with another country |
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refugee |
someone who flees to another country for economic or political reasons |
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Havana |
the largest most important city in Cuba |
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cooperation |
an organization owned by its members and operated for their mutual benefit |
