GEOG120 Chapter 5: Chapter 5 – The Caribbean
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Rimland the caribbean coastal zone of the mainland; includes belize and the guianas, the. Caribbean diaspora economic flight of caribbean peoples across the globe: the ca(cid:396)i(cid:271)(cid:271)ea(cid:374) (cid:396)egio(cid:374) has o(cid:374)e of the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld"s highest (cid:374)egati(cid:448)e (cid:396)ates of (cid:374)et (cid:373)ig(cid:396)atio(cid:374) (- 4. 0: plantation agriculture and subsistence farming initially shaped caribbean settlement patterns, cities were formed to serve the administrative and social needs of the colonizers. Plantation america a cultural region that extends from midway up the coast of brazil through the guianas and the caribbean into the southeastern us: primarily coastal and produced agricultural exports. African diaspora the forced removal of africans from their native areas: the caribbean made as the area with the greatest concentration of relocated african people in the americas. Maroons communities of runaway slaves (palenques, quilombos) Indentured labor workers contracted to labor on estates for a set period of time, often several years.