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plateau large, raised area of mostly level land Isthmus a strip of land with water on both sides that joins two larger bodies of land peninsula Is a body of land surrounded by water on three sides archipelago group or chain of islands Greater Antilles 4 largest islands in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles All the smaller islands in the Caribbean occidental western oriental eastern urban city rural country indigenous descendents of first people to live in a region maquiladora Mexican factory that assembles parts for export emigrate leave one country to settle in another (exit) immigrant a person who comes into a new country to make a home (into) mestizo of European (Spanish) and indigenous heritage Spanish spoken in 6 out of 7 Central American countries (not in Belize) Diego Rivera famous Mexican artist (muralist) Roman Catholic main religion of Mexico and Central America brought by Spaniards conversion changing from one religion to another rural and urban unemployment many poor farmers leave a rural area to look for jobs in cities and don't find them developed countries countries with strong, industrialized economies and stable governments developing countries emerging countries whose economies are not as strong and governments are less stable quota number limit placed on incoming immigrants to a country networking communication process that encourages immigration infrastructure the facillities and things that support a certain standard of living in a country, such as police, hospitals, schools, roads, libraries, firement, etc. migrant worker laborerer who travels from one area to another to pick crops that are in season plaza public square at center of town or village squatter a person who sits down to go to the bathroom squatter person who setlles on land without permission Colonia Zapata ghetto area outside Mexico City Aztecs Native Americans who founded Tenochtilan Tenochtilan former Aztec capital underneath Mexico City water supply Mexico City used all of this and has to pump it from 100 miles away Mexico City largest city in the world with 21 million people! Mexico City's geography in a basin, or bowl shaped depression that keeps in pollution and smog high unemployment shifting from rural to suburban and urban has caused this to happen NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement between Canada, USA, and Mexico Refugee person who leaves his or her country to escape political or religious persecution boat people refugees who flee on water Political asylum place that houses crazy politicians political asylum safe place to live in another country given to refugees who are persecuted by the government for their political beliefs Haiti historical superlative only nation in Americas formed from a successful revolt of enslaved Africans French Haiti was colonized by this European country Africans brought to Haiti as slaves to work sugarcane plantations slavery Haiti banned this in the early 1800's Western Hemisphere Haiti is the poorest country in this part of the world superlative a comparison that shows to an extreme extent or level dictators leaders who use violence to keep power Creole of African and European heritage farmers two-thirds of Haiti's people