Describe the obstacles to Caribbean political or economic integration
What will be an ideal response?
The major obstacles include the existence of numerous, scattered islands, a divided rimland, different languages, and limited economic resources. More generally, prior to European colonialism, there had never been a regional identity to the Caribbean; likewise, the fragmented nature of European colonialism did not facilitate or promote a regional unity.
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a. forest, grassland, desert, and highlands. b. grassland, desert, tundra, and forest. c. forests, shrubs, grasslands and tundra. d. none of these
You go for a hike across an outcropping of sandstone and you see large footprints in the sandstone. You have just found ________
A) Bigfoot B) a trace fossil C) a mold D) proof of an ancient flood
Information from the way a wave propagates through the Earth interior can tell us something about the internal structure of the Earth.
a. true b. false
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According to environmental scientist Norman Myers, "If a nation's environmental foundations are degraded or depleted, its economy may well decline, its social fabric deteriorates, and its political structure become destabilized as growing numbers of people seek to sustain themselves from declining resource stocks. Explain how this is true with respect to Haiti.
What will be an ideal response?