1	MIDDLE AMERICA I (chapter 4: 184-195)
2	INTRODUCTION TO MIDDLE AMERICA DEFINING THE REALM MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA, CARIBBEAN ISLANDS MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC QUALITIES FRAGMENTED - PHYSICALLY AND POLITICALLY DIVERSE CULTURALLY POVERTY IS ENDEMIC
3	REGIONS OF MIDDLE AMERICA
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5	PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY LAND BRIDGE ARCHIPELAGO GREATER AND LESSER ANTILLES NATURAL HAZARDS EARTHQUAKES VOLCANOES HURRICANES
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9	CULTURE HEARTH SOURCE AREAS FROM WHICH RADIATED IDEAS, INNOVATIONS, AND IDEOLOGIES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD BEYOND.
10	MESOAMERICA CULTURE HEARTHS MAYA CIVILIZATION 3000 BP CLASSIC PERIOD 200-900 AD HONDURAS, GUATEMALA, BELIZE, YUCATAN PENINSULA THEOCRATIC STRUCTURE AZTEC CIVILIZATION 1300 AD VALLEY OF MEXICO TENOCHTITLAN (>100,000 PEOPLE)
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12	THE LEGACY OF COLONIALISM LAND WAS APPROPRIATED - COLONIAL COMMERCIAL INTERESTS LANDS DEVOTED TO FOOD CROPS FOR LOCAL CONSUMPTION WERE CONVERTED TO CASH CROPPING FOR EXPORT LAND ALIENATION INDUCES: FAMINE POVERTY MIGRATION LITTLE AGRICULTURAL DIVERSITY
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14	MAINLAND/RIMLAND FRAMEWORK MAINLAND EURO-INDIAN INFLUENCE GREATER ISOLATION HACIENDA PREVAILED RIMLAND EURO-AFRICAN INFLUENCE HIGH ACCESSIBILITY PLANTATION ECONOMY
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16	MAINLAND vs RIMLAND LOCATION GREATER ISOLATION GREATER ACCESSIBILITY CLIMATE ALTITUDINAL TROPICAL ZONATION PHYSIOGRAPHY MOUNTAINS ISLANDS CULTURE EURO/INDIAN AFRICAN-EUROPEAN RACE MESTIZO MULATTO LANDHOLDING PATTERNS HACIENDAS PLANTATION
17	HACIENDA vs PLANTATION HACIENDA SPANISH INSTITUTION NOT EFFICIENT BUT SOCIAL PRESTIGE WORKERS LIVED ON THE LAND PLANTATION NORTHERN EUROPEAN ORIGINS EXPORT ORIENTED MONOCROPS IMPORTED CAPITAL AND SKILLS SEASONAL LABOR EFFICIENCY IS KEY
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20	AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
21	MIDDLE AMERICA I (chapter 4: 184-195)