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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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Caribbean Sea |
An arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America. |
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Archipelago |
Or a large group of islands. |
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Greater Antilles |
An island group in the Caribbean that includes Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico. |
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Lesser Antilles |
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 |
A moist, high elevation tropical forest where low clouds are common. |
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Ecotourism |
The practice of using an areas 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 canal built by the United of States in the early 1900s across the Isthmus of Panama. |
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Dialect |
A regional variety of a language. |
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Commonweath |
A self-governing territory associated with another country. |
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Refugee |
Someone who flees to another country, usually for political or economic reasons. |
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Havana |
The capital of Cuba. |
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Cooperative |
An organization owned by its members and operated for their mutual benefit. |
