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Regions: Economic: FTZs, Offshore Banking, WTO, CARICOM, Tourist Areas, Free Trade Area of the Americas

Physical: Rimland Forest, Caribbean Sea, Antillean Islands, Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Palm Savannas, Mangrove Swamp

Cultural: Creolization, Neo-Africa

Political: Neocolonialism, FTAA, Cuba's Communist, UN, Dependant Territories

//Physical:// Lesser Antilles - made up of small islands from the Virgin Islands to Trinidad (should we use a picture???) Climate - warm year-round because near equator - Abundant rainfall (80+ inches) - Inter-tropical convergency zone (trade winds forced upward, creates precipitation) north in winter, south in summer, causes different amount of rainfall - Hurricanes Seas - Caribbean Land Features - Rimland Forests (coastal zone of the mainland) Arid Zones Greater Antilles - made up of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic) and Puerto Rico Envionmental Issues - Deforestation - Jamaica and Dominican Republic --> 30% still forested - Puerto Rico --> about 1/4 still forested - Cuba - Less than 20% still forested - Coastal Pollution Savannas and Mangroves - Savanna --> fertile grasslands, provide good farmland - Mangroves --> Swamps // Human // Circular Migration – a temporary move where individuals move for work Overseas. - Chain Migration – moving to a certain destination. 11. Cities - Mechanization of agriculture, offshore industrialization, rapid growth population RURAL-TO-URBAN MIGRATION [] []
 * Place:**
 * 1) Music – rhythmic beats
 * 2) Language – mostly European languages, (Spanish, French, English, and Dutch dominate other language)
 * 3) Creolization – blending of cultures like African, European, Amerindian.
 * 4) Religion – Voodoo in Haiti, cuba, and Jamaica
 * 5) Plantations – mono-crop production (single crop production)
 * 6) Immigration – When Asians immigrated, indentured labor was made so there would be no labor shortages.
 * 7) Maroons and African diaspora– Africans were taken from their homes and forced to be slaves. Some would then run away.
 * 8) HIV/AIDS – There are about three times the amount of people in the Caribbean with HIV/AIDS than in the United States.
 * 9) Fertility Decline – Cuba now allows abortion and birth control, which significantly decreases the fertility rate.
 * 10) Migration - Caribbean diaspora – People from the Caribbean moving all around the world (happened at a great rate in the 1950’s because of a poor economy)

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