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Bimestral Flashcards

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What are the greater Antilles?

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Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Haiti and Dominican Republic

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Lesser Antilles

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St. Kittis and nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St.Lucia, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, st. Vincent and grenadines

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What is an isthmus?

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A narrow strip of land that connects two larger lands area

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The 7 countries of Central America

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Belize, Gutemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama

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Natural resources of Colombia

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Iron, gold and oil

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What is guerrillas?

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Members of an irregular military force

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What is civil war?

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a war between groups of people in the same country

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Colombian’s president

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Juan Manuel santos

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What are the countries of Pacific South America?

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Peru, Bolivia, chile, Ecuador

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What are the countries of Pacific and atlantic South America?

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Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay

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What are the countries of Southern Europe?

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Italy, Greece, Spain, and Portugal

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What is cordillera?

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A mountain system made up of rarely parallel ranges

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Is the regions longest river

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Orinoco river

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Were the first settlers in Colombia

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The Chibchas

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Was a major naval base and commercial port in the Spanish empire

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The Cartagena

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Is a group of workers stopping work until their demands are met

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A strike

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A recall vote

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Referendum

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Is the world largest river system

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Amazon river

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Is a partially enclosed body of water where freshwater mixes with salt seawater

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Estuary

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What is an archipelago?

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A large group of islands

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What is llanos

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Is mostly grassland with few trees

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