vocabulary review for latin america chapter 5 the caribbean click on the slide to see the...
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Vocabulary review for Latin America Chapter 5 The
CaribbeanClick on the slide to see the
definition, then click again to see the key term
• Someone who leaves his or her homeland to protect personal safety and escape persecution
Refugee
• Someone who leaves his or her homeland to protect personal safety and escape persecution
• a Haitian of missed African & European descent; a Haitian language based on French & African languages
CREOLE
• a Haitian of missed African & European descent; a Haitian language based on French & African languages
• Leader of Cuba’s government
FIDEL CASTRO
• Leader of Cuba’s government
• A statement of a country’s basic laws and values
CONSTITUTION
• A statement of a country’s basic laws and values
• A person with certain rights & responsibilities under a particular government
CITIZEN
• A person with certain rights & responsibilities under a particular government
• Government that owns all large businesses and most of the country’s land
COMMUNIST
• Government that owns all large businesses and most of the country’s land
• President of Haiti, first elected to office in 1990
JEAN BERTRAND ARISTIDE
• President of Haiti, first elected to office in 1990
• A self-governing political unit that has strong ties to a particular country
COMMONWEALTH
• A self-governing political unit that has strong ties to a particular country
• Unable to read & write
ILLITERATE
• Unable to read & write
• A country joined to another country for a special purpose
ALLY
• A country joined to another country for a special purpose