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14 Cards in this Set
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A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas
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Isthmus
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An arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America
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Caribbean Sea
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A large group of islands
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Archipelago
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An island group in the Caribbean Sea that includes Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico
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Greater 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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Lesser Antilles
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A moist, high-elevation tropical forest where low clouds are common
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Cloud Forest
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The practice of using an areas natural environment to attract tourists
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Ecotourism
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A conflict between two or more groups within a coutry
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Civil War
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A canal built by the United States in the early 1900s across the Isthmus of Panama
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Panama Canal
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A regional version of a language
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Dialect
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A self-governing territory associated another country
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Commonwealth
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Someone who flees to another country, usually for political or economic reasons
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Refugee
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The capital of Cuba
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Havana
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An organization owned by its members and operated for their mutual benefit
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Cooperative
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