Chapter 8 Central America and the Caribbean
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Ms. Bently United States History Holt McDougal
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 isthmus | a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas |
| archipelago | a large group of islands |
| cloud forest | a moist, high-elevation tropical forests where low clouds are common |
| ecotourism | practice of using an area's natural environment to attract tourists |
| civil war | a conflict between two or more groups within a country |
| dialect | a regional variety of the language |
| commonwealth | A self governing territory associated with another country |
| refugee | someone who flees to another country usually for political or economic reasons |
| cooperative | both organizations owned by its members and operated for their mutual benefit |
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