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14 Cards in this Set
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isthmus
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a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas
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Caribbean Sea
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an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America
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archipelago
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a large group of islands
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Greater Antilles
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an island group in the Caribbean that includes Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico
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Lesser Antilles
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a group of small islands in the Caribbean; they stretch from the Virgin Islands in the north to Trinidad in the south
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cloud forest
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a moist, high-elevation tropical forest where low clouds are common
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ecotourism
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the practice of using an area’s natural environment to attract tourists
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civil war
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a conflict between two or more groups within a country
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Panama Canal
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(26 °N, 80 °W) a canal built by the United States in the early 1900s across the Isthmus of Panama
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dialect
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a regional version of a language
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commonwealth
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a self-governing territory associated with another country
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refugee
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someone who flees to another country, usually for political or economic reasons
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Havana
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(23 °N, 82 °W) the capital of Cuba
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cooperative
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an organization owned by its members and operated for their mutual benefit
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