Caribbean Flags & Symbols
This country’s flag features a black triangle and blue and yellow stripes.
What is The Bahamas?
The first successful slave revolt in the Caribbean led to the independence of this country in 1804.
What is Haiti?
This pre-Lenten festival is celebrated with costumes, parades, and music in Trinidad and Tobago.
What is Carnival?
This Barbadian singer became the first female artist to surpass 10 billion streams on Apple Music and later founded the luxury brand Fenty.
Who is Rihanna?
This country shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic.
What is Haiti?
This island’s flag has a trident (three-pronged spear) at the center.
What is Barbados?
Jamaica gained independence from this country in 1962.
What is the United Kingdom?
This dance style, known for its hip-swaying movements, originated in the Dominican Republic and is now danced worldwide.
What is bachata?
This Jamaican sprinter set both the 100m and 200m world records at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.
Who is Usain Bolt?
This is the largest island in the Caribbean.
What is Cuba?
This nation’s flag is the only one in the world with purple on it.
What is Dominica?
This Caribbean island was the site of Christopher Columbus’ first landing in 1492.
What is The Bahamas?
This fast-paced, steel drum–driven music genre originated in Trinidad and Tobago and is closely tied to Carnival celebrations.
What is soca?
This Trinidadian-American rapper was the first female solo artist to have seven songs simultaneously charting on the Billboard Hot 100.
Who is Nicki Minaj?
This Caribbean island is known as “The Spice Isle.”
What is Grenada?
The green triangle on this country’s flag symbolizes its lush vegetation, and the black represents the strength and creativity of its people.
What is Jamaica?
This Caribbean country’s capital was destroyed by a massive earthquake in 1692, leading to the rise of this main city.
What is Kingston?
This dance and music genre from the Dominican Republic is recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
What is merengue?
This Jamaican statesman, a key figure in decolonization, helped negotiate Jamaica’s independence and was a strong advocate for federation with other Caribbean territories.
Who was Norman Manley?
This body of water borders the northern coasts of Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
This country’s coat of arms includes two hummingbirds, a ship, and three hills representing its famous Trinity Hills.
This country’s coat of arms includes two hummingbirds, a ship, and three hills representing its famous Trinity Hills.
This federation of islands, formed in 1958, dissolved in 1962 after several members gained independence separately.
What is the West Indies Federation?
This religious and cultural practice of drumming, dancing, and spirit possession is an Afro-Cuban tradition blending Yoruba beliefs with Catholicism.
What is Santería?
This Saint Lucian poet’s epic work Omeros reimagines Homer’s Iliad in a Caribbean setting, blending classical themes with postcolonial identity.
Who is Derek Walcott?
This is the smallest independent country by land area in the Western Hemisphere, located in the Caribbean.
What is Saint Kitts and Nevis?