This term refers to when trees are clearcut to make way for agriculture or new infrastructure.
What is Deforestation?
100
The term used to describe the region's unique position to America and Europe is referred to as "this".
What is Isolated Proximity
100
The only country in the Caribbean which is maintaining a high birth rate is...
What is Haiti
200
Name 2 major types of music in the region?
What are reggae, calypso, merengue, rumba, zouk.
200
The most practiced African religion in Cuba is....
What is Santeria
200
This disease has crippled the islands in many respects in the 80s but is now slowly being controlled.
What is HIV/AIDS
200
The coastal zone of the mainland from Belize through Central America to the Guianas is referred to as this physical area...
What is the Rimland States
200
The term all-encompassing term used for when enslaved Africans were forced to migrate to the Caribbean which changed the island both culturally and ethnically is referred to as....
What is Neo-Africa
300
What is the dominant sport for much of the region?
What is baseball
300
The most practiced Christian religion in Cuba is....
What is Catholicism
300
85% of the population of the Caribbean lies within these areas...
What are cities (or urban environments)
300
The "greater Antilles" refers to this...
What is the 4 largest islands in the chain (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola & Puerto Rico)
300
Communities of "runaway slaves" are called this.
What is a maroon society
400
Name 2 of the major languages of the region?
What are Spanish, French, English & Dutch
400
The most practiced African religion in Jamaica is...
What is Obeah
400
I forgot where I was....so this is a freebee! Oops!
What is "your instructor messes up"
400
The term for the large farming operations in the Caribbean (also the same term used for large farms in the US south)
What is a plantation
400
In terms of immigration or emigration, which term most accurately describes population movement in the Caribbean?
What is Emigration (because of limited economic opportunity) also called Caribbean Diaspora)
500
This term refers to how Puerto Rico is tied politically to the United States...(Virginia also calls itself this term)
What is Commonwealth
500
Which popular movie (or series of movies) stars Harrison Ford as the dude that is being influenced by Voodoo...
What is Indiana Jones (and the Temple of Doom!)
500
Which foreign country colonized the Caribbean first? Many European powers competed for the area, but this country initially dominated...
What is Spain
500
The biggest and most constant weather threat to the region with more than 6 affect the region annually.
What is a Hurricane
500
Is the Caribbean a patriarchal or matriarchal society?