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| Which two smaller regions make up Middle America? |
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| Central America & The Caribbean |
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| The main geographic features of Central America are |
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| Two areas of lowlands with rugged moutnains in between |
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| Which of these Caribbean islands is part of the Greater Antilles? |
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| What destructive forces do people in the Lesser Antilles experience in the summer months? |
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| Of the 700 islands in the Bahamas, people live on about- |
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| What native people were the first to live in the Caribbean? |
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| Arawaks, Caribs, Ciboneys |
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| The most important crop that the Spanish colonists grew was- |
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| What is the name for the movement of people, plants, animals, and ideas between the Eastern & Western Hemispheres? |
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| in 1821, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua ____. |
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| Became independent from Spain |
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| Who are among the poorest people in the Western Hemisphere? |
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| the people of Cuba, Haiti, and Dominican Republic |
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| The most successful crop gorwn on the Pacific and Atlantic lowlands of Central America is ___. |
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| The ___ islands were given their name becasue they are sheltered from the trade winds. |
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| What was the name of the ancient civilizaiton of Central America that built great cities but later abandoned them? |
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| Leaders who took control of Central American Government and had no limits to their authority were- |
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| In 1952, which island adopted a constitution that made it a commonwealth of the United States? |
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| Circle of Volcanos around the Pacific Ocean |
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| Winds that consistently blow from the northeast toward the Equator |
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| Small low lying island made of sand, limestone, or coral |
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| hard, stony substance that is made up of skeletons of many tiny sea animals. |
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| People of both African and European descent |
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| Growing crops to be sold for profit |
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| person who agrees to work without pay in exchange for other goods |
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| Anything handed down from an ancesotr |
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| War between people of the same country |
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| member of a small group of soldiers |
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| A system in which all property and all means of production belogn to the people as a group. |
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| The movement of people, animals, plants and ideas betwen teh Eastern Hemisphere is known as the ___. |
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| The countries that formed the United Provinces of Central America were- |
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| El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica |
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| What events occured as the countries of Central America went from colonies to independent republics? |
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| Caribbeans are descendant of ____. |
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| In 1492 ______ a Spanish Explorer landed in the Bahamas. |
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| What was the nickname for sugarcane? |
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