Physical Geo
This is a key industry in Cuba's history and even still today.
What is tobacco?
This nation is 2/3 the island of Hispaniola and features the first permanent European settlement in the Americas at its capital, Santo Domingo.
What is the Dominican Republic?
This area, as seen in the sunken city of Jamaica, and Port Royal, was a hotspot for this group of marauders.
Who are pirates? (just not Jack Sparrow)
Puerto Rico is not a nation, but a _____________.
What is a territory?
These 2 Caribbean lands have exceedingly similar flags.
What is Cuba and Puerto Rico?
The _____________________ in Haiti largely due to their focus on selling charcoal has led to other issues like erosion then flooding.
What is deforestation?
This country's capital is Nassau, made up of many islands--inlcuding Exuma island at which you can swim with wild pigs!
What is the Bahamas?
In this conflict, both Cuba & Puerto Rico were key sites of fighting/take over.
What is the Spanish-American war? (1898)
Cuba is home to one of the smallest species of _________________ in the world.
What are frogs?
This is the most popular sport in most of the Caribbean.
What is baseball?
This type of mammal (rodent-esque) can be found in unique varieties among all of the Caribbean nations.
What is the hutia?
This nation was called Santiago by the Spanish and then ____________ by the English, they became independent in 1962.
What is Jamaica?
Cuba became Communist in _____________, leading to a long reign under the Castro regime.
What is 1959?
What is patois/patwa?
[English-French-native dialect fusion]
This is the meaning of CARICOM.
What is the Caribbean Community?
{ of developing nations/similar to the UN or EU, mutual goals of furthering their economic-social-political welfare.}
This crop was a huge part of most of these island's economies, though it is not the largest part today.
What is sugar cane?
Most key industries today are for electronic materials (nickel, aluminum, etc.) & tourism
This nation's economy is over 80% based on tourism (and 85% of tourists are Americans).
What is the Bahamas?
This man was the national hero & general who led a slave revolt in Haiti that not only ended slavery in Haiti but led to abolition in the entire New World/West.
Who is Toussaint L'ouverture?
Pronunciation: [2-sont; loov-at-chore]
Name 2 religions we discussed that are often mixed with Christian elements but are rooted in spirit worship:
1-Haitian religion
2-Jamaican Religion
This city, was known as a cultural center, a home to pirates, a home to Spanish colonial government, and is now Cuba's capital.
What is Havana?
This is the reason Haiti is hit by so many natural disasters, especially earthquakes.
They are located on fault lines.
<The Ring of Fire>
[Not necessary for answer but specifically: The Enriquillo Plantain Garden Fault Zone]
This nation has the highest point in the Caribbean & the lowest point in the Caribbean.
What is the Dominican Republican?
{Highest = Pico Duarte & Lower =Lake Enriquillo}
This native people group and their descendants cover most of the Caribbean.
Who are the Taino (& Arawak) people?
Cuba has one of the lowest ___________________________ in the Western hemisphere.
What is birthrates?
This is the term used in Cuba & Puerto Rico in reference to the high value and focus on the family.
What is familismo?