This body of water is bordered on the southwestern coast of the Caribbean.
What is Caribbean Sea
100
The side of the coasts that are greener and receive more annual rainfall.
What is the windward side.
100
This island is rich in bauxite deposits.
What is Jamaica.
100
Steady breezes that blow across the Caribbean Sea day and night are called what?
What are trade winds.
100
Your Social Studies teacher's eyes are...
What is blue.
200
This Island consists of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
What is Hispaniola.
200
The side that is sheltered from the trade winds, and therefore receives less precipitation.
What is the leeward side.
200
This is the most valuable resource in the Caribbean.
What is fertile soil.
200
Coasts sheltered from trade winds are referred to as what kind of coasts?
What are leeward coasts.
200
Your teacher's favorite major league baseball team is who?
Who are the Detroit Tigers.
300
The bigger islands are grouped together and given a name. What is this name?
What are the Greater Antilles.
300
This tree is known as the "tree of life."
What is the coconut palm.
300
These spices grow well in the Caribbean region.
What are nutmeg, and vanilla.
300
Hurricane Janet struck this island in the Lesser Antilles.
What is Grenada.
300
What sport does your Social Studies teacher play during the summertime?
What is Slowpitch softball.
400
How did the Caribbean Islands begin to grow coconut palms.
What are trade winds.
400
The temperatures change on the Caribbean islands a little at a time because of what?
What are tropical latitudes.
400
Name three things farmers grow in the Caribbean.
What are corn, beans, peanuts, potatoes, peppers, and tobacco, sugarcane, and coffee.
400
These islands were formed slowly as skeletons of tiny sea animals built up layer by layer.
What are coral islands.
400
What type of pet (be specific) does your Social Studies teacher have?
What is a yellow lab (dog)
500
The capital of Jamaica.
What is Kingston.
500
The islanders of the Caribbean use coconuts for what? Name four reasons.
What is shade, roofs for housing, leaves for baskets, food, and fuel.
500
When Columbus first landed in the Bahamas he saw an item on the people living there, and believed the lands had a large quantity of what natural resource.
What is gold.
500
The first land Christopher Columbus saw in the Americas was an island where?
In the Bahamas.
500
How many siblings does your Social Studies teacher have?