Vocabulary review for Latin America Chapter 5 The

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• Someone who leaves his or her homeland to protect personal safety and escape persecution

Refugee

• Someone who leaves his or her homeland to protect personal safety and escape persecution

• a Haitian of missed African & European descent; a Haitian language based on French & African languages

CREOLE

• a Haitian of missed African & European descent; a Haitian language based on French & African languages

• Leader of Cuba’s government

FIDEL CASTRO

• Leader of Cuba’s government

• A statement of a country’s basic laws and values

CONSTITUTION

• A statement of a country’s basic laws and values

• A person with certain rights & responsibilities under a particular government

CITIZEN

• A person with certain rights & responsibilities under a particular government

• Government that owns all large businesses and most of the country’s land

COMMUNIST

• Government that owns all large businesses and most of the country’s land

• President of Haiti, first elected to office in 1990

JEAN BERTRAND ARISTIDE

• President of Haiti, first elected to office in 1990

• A self-governing political unit that has strong ties to a particular country

COMMONWEALTH

• A self-governing political unit that has strong ties to a particular country

• Unable to read & write

ILLITERATE

• Unable to read & write

• A country joined to another country for a special purpose

ALLY

• A country joined to another country for a special purpose