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The Caribbean World Geography
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peninsula: a piece of land with water on three sides península: porción de tierra que está prácticamente rodeada por agua
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pidgin: a mix of English and an indigenous language pidgin: mezcla de inglés y una lengua indígena
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Plain - relatively flat, treeless country Plano - Llano, liso, sin relieves
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Creole: a person who has African and French or Spanish ancestors Criollo - Dicho de una persona: De raza negra, nacida en los antiguos territorios españoles de América
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Heterogeneous - mixed up people or things Heterogéneo – Mezcla de partes de diversa naturaleza en un todo.
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Homogeneous - the same kind of people or things Homogéneo - Dicho de un conjunto: Formado por elementos iguales.
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fly Today I fly. Yesterday I flew.
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fly Today I fly.
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fly Yesterday I flew.
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share
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Use your map of the Caribbean to answer the following: Name the four largest countries in the Caribbean. In which direction would you travel if you flew from Panama to Cuba? What island nation is south of Cuba? What two countries share the island of Hispaniola?
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The Caribbean
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Tropical Maritime Climate
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The Caribbean The Greater Antilles Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti & the Domincan Republic), and Puerto Rico (U.S. territory)
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Duarte Mountain
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The Caribbean The Lesser Antilles – Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, and Grenada
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The Caribbean Caribbean Culture Population is ethnically heterogeneous (mixed) due to plantation society based on slave labor
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The Caribbean Caribbean Culture Spanish speaking communities – Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Dominican Republic Remaining communities mix various European languages – creole languages
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The Caribbean Caribbean cuisine is a fusion of African, Amerindian, European, East Indian, Arab and Chinese cuisine
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GDP Per capita – the average amount of money earned by each person in a country
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life expectancy - how many years the average person will live in a country
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internet users - people who use the internet
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Per 1,000 Live Births Countries
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Using these statistical categories Australia is the most developed country of these five. Using these statistical categories Chile is the least developed country of these five.
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