| A | B |
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| Archipelago | Group of islands |
| Pangaea | The one huge piece of land that once sat in Earth's ocean |
| Hacienda | A large, self-sufficient farm in a Spanish-speaking country |
| Rimland | The land, often islands and coastal plains, around the edge of an area |
| Cash crop | A crop raised to be sold by those who grow it |
| Plantation | A large farm on which the owner grows only one crop |
| Self-sufficient | Able to take care of ones needs without help from someone else |
| Atoll | A chain of islands made up of coral |
| Coral | A tiny sea animal |
| Dormant | The state a volcano is in when it is not likely to erupt |
| Geothermal | Heat from the interior of the earth |
| Navigable | A body of water that is deep and wide enough for ships to sail on |
| Hurricane | A tropical storm with strong winds, heavy rainfall, and huge waves |
| Mulatto | A person whose ancestors were African and European |
| Slave | A person who is held against his or her will and forced to work for free |
| Creole | A mixture of French and African language |
| Voodoo | A belief that good and evil spirits influence a person's daily life |
| Population density | The average number of people living in each square mile of an area |
| Civil war | A war fought by people within a single country or state against each other |
| Communism | A government system in which there is no private property; the government owns and controls the land and goods |
| Birthrate | The number of births over a given period of time |
| Subsistence farming | Growing crops mainly to meet the needs of a family |
| Overdevelopment | Developing an area too qiuckly, without paying attention to the environment |
| Extinct | No longer existing anywhere |
| Continental drift | The theory that one huge piece of land once sat in Earth's ocean and that the land then drifted apart into seven continents |
| Fossil | A mold or part of an ancient plant or animal |
| Mainland | A continent or part of a continent that is not an island |
