| A | B |
|---|
| tourism | business of travel |
| intersection | cultures meeting point for trades and settlers from many countries |
| fuse | blended |
| canal | artificial water route |
| terrain | physical land fetures |
| lock | devices that help equalize the water levels of waterways |
| distinct | easily recognized |
| eliminate | get rid of |
| Taino | Native people of the Caribbean |
| Calypso | orginated in Trinidad as a type of folk music |
| Panama Canal Zone | area where the canal would be built |
| infrastructure | basic systems a society needs |
| reserve | land set aside for farming |
| policy | official guidelines and procedures |
| marketing | advertising and promotion |
| standard of living | the level of goods, services, and material comforts of people in a country |
| food security | easy access to enough food |
| global warming | an increase in temperature around the world |
| malnutrition | a lack of healthy food in the diet |
| surplus | amount beyond what is needed |
| migrate | move from one place to another |
| remittance | money sent to a person in another place |
| habitat | natural home for ceratain species |
| ecotourism | way of visiting natural areas that conserves the resources of the region |
| displace | forced from their homes |
| Human Development Index | HDI is used to compare quality of life in different countries |
| Port-au-Prince | Haiti's capital |
