People
Italian navigator who sailed for Spain and discovered America
Christopher Columbus
Puerto Rico
sea mammal
dolphin
date and place where Columbus landed
October 12, 1492; San Salvador
Spanish rulers who financed the voyage of Columbus
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
second oldest independent nation in the western hemisphere
Haiti
smallest bird
bee hummingbird
most mountainous island
Dominican Republic
First European to see Pacific Ocean
Vasco Balboa
second largest island that is divided into two countries
Hispaniola
largest shell found in American waters
horse conch
island farthest east
Barbados
freed black slave from the U.S. who went to Jamaica to preach the gospel
George Liele
"Island of Springs"
Jamaica
main product of West Indies
a fixed daily allowance of food
rationing
leader who brough Communism to Cuba
Fidel Castro
name of volcano in West Indies
Mt. Pelee
fish with a spear-like snout up to two feet long
marlin
island that is the leading producer of nutmeg
nickname of island
Granada
Isle of Spice