Economic Impact
Environmental Issues
Social Issues
Colonization
Misc. Caribbean
100
$1 or $2 a day
What is the typical amount of money earned by a Haitian or Dominican as wages?
100
natural disaster
What is the name of the characteristic that describes "region" and is unpredictable?
100
poverty
What is the name of what happens when citizens don't have enough money to tend to their basic needs?
100
France
What is the name of the country that first colonized Haiti
200
84%
What is the percentage of people who are literate in the Dominican Republic?
200
deforestation
What is the name of the term that occurs when too many trees are cut down?
200
education
What is something that citizens go without because the government does not have "this" as a priority?
200
Christopher Columbus
What is the name of the explorer who visited both Haiti and the Dominican Republic?
200
slums
What lies just beyond the walls of the nice, fancy resorts?
300
10%
What is the percentage of people who are literate in Haiti?
300
clear cutting
What is the name of the action that leads to deforestation?
300
tourists
What is the group of people that citizens of a country will say is treated better than themselves?
300
Spain
What is the name of the country that colonized the Dominican Republic?
300
Santo Domingo
What is the name of the capital city of Dominican Republic?
400
Waters and beaches are more calm
What is the reason why the Dominican Republic gets more tourists per year?
400
national weather service
What is a part of infrastructure that most Caribbean countries do not have that might warn the citizens of unfavorable weather?
400
Creole and French
What are the 2 languages that Haitians speak?
400
Hispanola
What is the name of the island that Haiti and the D.R. are both part of?
400
physical labor
What is the type of labor that most of the citizens of Hispaniola provide?
500
60%
What is the percentage of GDP that represents tourism in the Dominican Republic?
500
earthquake
What is the name of the natural disaster that occurred in Haiti about a year ago?
500
Duvalier Family
What is the name of the family who embezzled money from the Haitian citizens?
500
Multicultural
What is the name of the term that describes many different peoples' influence in a country?
500
education
What is the way that countries can level the playing field (make it more fair) between the rich and the poor?
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