The Blue Economy of the Caribbean
What sea is in the Atlantic Ocean and is identified as the only sea without land borders?
Sargasso Sea
Scott Price is part of what kind of team?
Hurricane Hunter Team
Where did sugarcane originate?
Pacific islands
How far is Cuba from the US?
90 miles
In a class on what subject was the author's worldview of states rights challenged?
political science
What are 3 examples of the importance of rubber for the military?
jeeps, planes, and tanks
Who is a gaucho?
A cowboy of Latin America
What is the highest navigable lake in the world?
lake Titicaca
The War of the Pacific involved what three counties?
Peru, Bolivia, and Chile
What counties make up the Global South?
countries in Central and South America, Africa and South Asia
This sea is a concentrated patch of what?
Sargassum seaweed
What US gov agency is he part of?
NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration)
Who brought it to the New World?
Columbus
What is the smallest bird in the world world?
Bee hummingbird
What rights are more basic than states rights?
human rights and the rights of American citizens
From what is rubber derived?
latex sap from the rubber wood tree
With what country is the Pampas usually associate with?
Argentina
This lake is on the border of what two counties?
Bolivia and Peru
What occupation by Chile's army is still resented today?
Their occupation of lima
How should we describe these countries economically?
developing; not as wealthy or industrialized as European and North American countries
The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt stretched from where to where?
The Gulf of Mexico to the west coast of Africa
What is the best way to train for the kind of flying that he does?
to take part in it
Explorers for what country brought it to Brazil?
Portugal
Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea
What did a World War II-era father buy for his son to prepare him for being in the Army
overalls
What percentage of Brazil does the Amazon region cover?
60%
What implement has the end of three ropes tied together with the free ends weighted with rocks or metal balls?
boleadora or bola
What is the highest national capital in the world?
La Paz, Bolivia
As a result of the war, what important land did Bolivia lose?
The Antofagasta coastal region, leaving Bolivia landlocked
What are two other traits of these countries?
non-white, economically disadvantaged to a signifiant degree
How did Johanan Dujon use the seaweed to create a business?
He ground the seaweed into a liquid and made organic fertlizer
about 8 hours
What is the term for this: The British sent manufacture goods to Africa and traded them for slaves, who were sent to the New World; then sugar and other products from the New World were carried to Britain?
Triangular trade system
What is the religion that slaves brought from Africa that many Cubans practice to some degree?
Santeria
What are 4 things that can change one's worldview?
education, travel, books, interaction with people who don't share your background
What Bristol explorer took 70,000 rubber tree seeds to England from Brazil?
Henry Wickham
What is the gauchos' style of dancing?
malambo
What fish sent by the US fish and wildlife service in the 1930s flourished in the lake?
trout
After the war, Chile profited from the sale of what?
The acceptance of what two views in the last half of the 1800s led to many people in Europe and the US abandoning their faith?
acceptance of the Darwinian evolution and liberal theology
What were 3 negative attributes of this seaweed when it washed up on the Caribbean islands?
smelled bad, complicated work of fisherman, discouraged tourists from enjoying the beaches
What is official name of storms that we usually call hurricanes?
tropical cyclones
What is the name given to the route that took slaves from Africa to the New World?
Middle Passage
What Arawak group was the most numerous on Cuba when Europeans arrived?
Taino
On a trip to Mexico in 1996, the author met a woman who lived in a house with walls made of what?
cardboard
Where were some seeds taken and found to develop better there?
Ceylon, Malaysia
biome
quinoa and potatoes
What is the poorest country in South America in terms of per capita gross domestic product?
Bolivia
In 1910, what fraction of the world's Christians lived in Europe?
2/3s
What is the surface area of the Caribbean?
Just over 1 million square miles
In the western Pacific and around Japan and the Philippines, these storms are known as what?
typhoons
Where were sugar beets grown for centuries as a garden vegetable and as a fodder for livestock?
Europe
What event triggered the US declaring war on Spain in 1898?
the sinking of the Maine in Havana harbor
What event in 2020 made many people rethink some core questions?
coronavirus pandemic
How did Britain lose its source of rubber in Malaysia?
The Japanese seized Malaysia shortly after they attacked Pearl Harbor
What is the second largest wetland in the world?
Esteros del Ibera
What is the largest island in the lake?
Isla del sol
What did Bolivia do to try to gain access to the Atlantic?
They wanted access by the Rio de la Plata which runs across the Gran Chaco region by trying to take control of the region
In 2010, what fraction of believers lived there?
1/4
What is the deepest point of the Caribbean?
Cayman Trench or Trough
What four factors cause weather systems to develop and move?
winds, moisture, the geography of the earth, and the movement of the earth
Where was the first sugar beet processing facility built in 1802?
Poland
What naval station does the US lease on Cuba?
Guantanamo Bay
What is a common temptation when a person encounters a new idea or experience that challenges his or her worldview?
to try and fit it into that person's existing worldview
Who arranged a deal for the Allies to obtain rubber from Brazil?
US president Franklin D Roosevelt
What is the most recognizable plant growth on the Pampas?
silver pampas grass
What people live on the lake on islands they make?
Urus
What was the conflict called, where Bolivia tried to gain access to the Atlantic?
Chaco War
Over the last century, how fast has Christianity grown in Asia compared to the population growth there?
2x as fast as the population