Ch. 4 Central American and the Caribbean

strip of land with water on both sides that connects two larger bodies of land

• isthmus
• hurricane
• biodiversity
• tourism

intense storms that form over the tropical Atlantic Ocean

• hurricane
• tourism
• biodiversity
• isthmus

the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem

• biodiversity
• tourism
• deforestation
• maya

business of providing food, places to stay, and other services to visitors from other places

• tourism
• hacienda
• deforestation
• colony

the clearing of large numbers of trees

• deforestation
• hurricane
• tourism
• colony

early native american society of Central America

• maya
• independence
• tourism
• isthmus

a group of people living in a new territory who have ties to a distant state

• colony
• encomienda
• independence
• maya

a legal system to control Native Americans in the Spanish colonies

• encomienda
• dictatorship
• carnival
• diaspora

huge farm or ranch in Spain's American colonies

• hacienda
• hurricane
• tourism
• colony

the right to rule themselves

• independence
• santeria
• microcredit
• literacy