| A | B |
|---|
| hurricane | fierce tropical storm system with high-speed winds,formed over warm oceans |
| plantation | large farm on which a single crop is raised |
| chicle | juice of the sapodilla tree, used in making chewing gum |
| nutrient | minerals in soil that supply growing plants with food |
| bauxite | mineral ore from which aluminum is taken |
| ladino | in Guatemala, a person who speaks Spanish and follows a Spanish-American, not Native American, lifestyle |
| literacy rate | percentage of adults in a society who can read and write |
| isthmus | narrow piece of land connecting two larger pieces of land |
| archipelago | large group or chain of islands |
| colony | overseas settlement made by a parent country |
| communism | authoritarian political system in which the central government controls the economy and society |
| cooperative | in Cuba, a farm owned and operated by the government |
| light industry | production of consumer goods, such as food products and household goods |
| dialect | local form of a language |
| commonwealth | term for a republic or state governed by the people; the official title of Puerto Rico |
