Vocabulary
Physical Geography
Countries and Capitals
People, Languages, and Religions
Government and Politics
100
The practice of using an area's natural environment to attract tourists
Ecotourism
100
The islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico make up the ________________ _______________.
Greater Antilles
100
The capital of Jamaica
Kingston
100
Most islanders today descended either from Europeans or from _________________________.
Africans (who came to the region to work as slaves)
100
Cuban refugees most often migrate to ____________________.
the United States
200
A regional variety of a language
Dialect
200
The __________________ _________________ is the group of smaller islands that stretch from the Virgin Islands to Trinidad and Tobago.
Lesser Antilles
200
The capital of Haiti
Port au Prince
200
One of the biggest and most widespread holiday in the Caribbean
Carnival
200
The poorest country in the Americas is _________________.
Haiti
300
Someone who flees to another country, usually for political or economic reasons
Refugee
300
What THREE bodies of water border Cuba?
Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea
300
The capital of Cuba
Havana
300
People in Cuba and Puerto Rico speak mostly _______________.
Spanish
300
True or False: Puerto Ricans are United States citizens.
True. They are a U.S. commonwealth, so they are U.S. citizens but do not have voting representation in U.S. Congress.
400
A self-governing territory associated with another country
Commonwealth
400
Many of the volcanoes in the Caribbean were formed by _________________ movements.
tectonic
400
The capital of the Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
400
People in Haiti, Dominica, and Saint Lucia speak mostly ___________________.
(Creole) French
400
Cuba has been run by a __________________ government led primarily by ________________ _________________ from 1959 to 2008.
Communist; Fidel Castro
500
An organization owned by its members and operated for their mutual benefit
Cooperative
500
A large group of islands is called a(n) _________________.
archipelago
500
The capital of the Bahamas
Nassau
500
People in Grenada, Jamaica, and the Bahamas speak mostly __________________________.
(Creole) English
500
Who was Toussaint L'Ouverture and what did he do?
He was born a slave and led a slave revolution in Haiti against the French after gaining his freedom. He later became governor of Haiti.
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