Island Groups
The USVI belongs to this island group.
Leeward Islands
Trade winds blow in this direction.
East to West
Europeans reached the Caribbean because of these winds.
Trade Winds
This large ocean separates Europe from the Caribbean.
Atlantic Ocean
These are the two major island groups of the Caribbean.
Greater and Lesser Antilles
Trade winds helped Europeans by doing this
Pushing their ships toward the Caribbean
Europeans traveled across this ocean.
Atlantic Ocean
What landform is completely surrounded by water?
An island
Puerto Rico belongs to this island group.
Greater Antilles
True or False: Trade winds helped Columbus establish trade routes to the Americas
True
This country sponsored Columbus’s voyages.
Spain
A group of islands is called this.
Archipelago
These islands are smaller and include the USVI.
Lesser Antilles
Why were trade winds named "trade winds"?
Ships used them for trade routes
Columbus first landed on this island in 1493.
St. Croix
Which sea borders most Caribbean islands?
Caribbean Sea
True or False: Jamaica is a part of the Lesser Antilles
False; Greater Antilles
Complete this sentence: Trade winds create reliable ______________across the Atlantic Ocean
Wind Highways
Which indigenous groups lived in the Caribbean before Columbus arrived?
Taino, Carib & Ciboney people
This imaginary line divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Equator