capitals
Puerto Rico
San Juan
Cuba
Nassau
Italian navigator who sailed for Spain and discovered America
Christopher Columbus
What was the first European city in the Americas and where was it located
Isabella was located in Hispaniola
English scientist and Christian who left money in his will to spread the gospel to foreign lands
Robert Boyle
Jamaica
Kingston
October 12, 1492
Columbus landed on San Salvador::: America was discovered🍟!!
Spanish rulers who financed the voyage of Columbus
Ferdinand and Isabella
Where is Mount Pelee located? When did it erupt?
Martinique in 1902
Leader of the Moravians who encouraged missionaries to go to the West Indies
Count von Zizendorf
Haiti
Port-au-Prince
Who met Columbus on the island of San Salvador? And what other tribe did he meet?
He met people from the Arawak tribe (gentle). He also met the fierce Carib tribe (not so…gentle)
First European to view the Pacific Ocean
Balboa
Which group of the West Indies islands are made of coral? What are coral reefs?
The Bahamas; formations created by millions of tiny animals called polyps which release calcium carbonate
Friend of John Wesley and founder of Methodist missions
Thomas Coke 🥤
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Where does the name Caribbean Sea come from? What does it mean?
Carib, which is a Spanish word for cannibal 🦴🍗🍖
Explorer who renamed the South Sea to he Pacific Ocean because it seemed calm
Magellan
What’s is the highest peak in the West Indies? Where is it located?
Pico Duarte in the Dominican Republic
Leader who brought Communism to Cuba, making it the first Communist dictatorship in the Western Hemisphere
Batista
Bahamas
Nassau
What did Columbus discover on his THIRD voyage? What about his FOURTH voyage?
3rd: he discovered South America and the mouth of the Orinoco River
4th voyage: the isthmus of PANAMAMA🐠
Freed black slave from the US who went to Jamaica to preach
George Liele
Which island is the leading producer of nutmeg and other spices? What nickname has been given to this island?
Grenada; the Isle of Spice
Former major in Castro’s army who was imprisoned for his stand against Communism in Cuba
Major Huber Matos