Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
100
Harvested for starch used in desserts.
What is Arrowroot.
100
The Taino
Who are the Arawak Indians that once lived on the island of Hispaniola.
100
What most of the people of French Guiana are
Who are Créole.
100
Haitians have a..... (higher or lower)..... life expectancy in part because of extreme poverty.
What is lower.
100
What connects Guiana more with the West Indies that with South America? a. history.... b. geography.... c. climate..... d. land forms....
What is a. history.
200
These are controlled by the government in Cuba.
What are collective farms.
200
A long leafed plant grown in Haiti for it's fiber
What is sisal.
200
....controlled by another country.
What is a dependency.
200
Less rainfall falls on the Bahamas because the land is (mountainous, flat, or protected).
What is flat.
200
In what two places do most Caribbean islanders live?
What are in the cities and along the coast.
300
....to raise more that one crop.
What is to diversify.
300
Jamaican export that has a combination flavor.
What is allspice.
300
The main official of some governments.
What is the prime minister.
300
(Few or many) of the West Indians are descendants of the Arawak Indians.
What is few.
300
The reason two countries and one territory of Guiana are called South America's "forgotten lands".
What is they are not closely connected to the rest of South America.
400
...serves as a protection of the Caribbean by the West Indies from the Atlantic Ocean.
What is a breakwater.
400
A combination of Catholic teachings and African tribal religions.
What is voodoo.
400
... a group of islands
What is an archipelago.
400
The three archipelagos of the West Indies.
What are the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles.
400
Two reasons the West Indies' climate is warm.
What are 1. It lies mostly south of the Tropic of Cancer in the tropics..... 2. It's in the warm Caribbean Sea.
500
West Indians with both African and European ancestors.
What are mulattos.
500
A mineral used in plasterboard.
What is gypsum.
500
...built along the coast of Guyana to keep the land from flooding.
What is a seawall.
500
Many people of the West Indies are descendants of what nationality of slaves.
What are African slaves.
500
Name the Islands of the Greater Antilles from largest to smallest.
What are Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
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