The Arrival of the Europeans and the Spanish to the Caribbean
These were transported on the second leg of the triangular trade?
Enslaved Africans
The passing on culture from one generation to the next
What is cultural heritage?
The breaking away of small particles of rocks and soil is called
What is weathering?
The direction in which the sun rises
What is the east?
The condition of the atmosphere in a specific place at a specific time.
What is weather?
What is 1494?
This term refers to the variety of people of different ethnic groups, religions and traditions all living and working together in our region.
What is cultural diversity?
The carrying away of small pieces of rocks and soil
What is erosion?
List 2 intercardinal points
What is NW, NE, SE, SW?
Weather instrument used to measure the amount of rainfall in a specific area
What is a rain gauge?
The Europeans were trying to find these two main countries in the East to control the spice trade.
What is China and India?
The language spoken in St Maarten, Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao.
What is Dutch?
Deforestation is
What is the removal of trees and other vegetation?
Jamaica's closest neighbour to the east
What is Haiti?
The elements of weather
What is temperature, precipitation, sunshine, clouds, wind, humidity and air pressure?
The year Jamaica was taken over by its second colonising country
What is 1655?
The second major religion practised in the Caribbean?
What is Hinduism?
Two ways we can control erosion and deposition
What is contour ploughing, terracing hillsides, planting trees along riverbeads, avoiding overgrazing?
The line of latitude measuring 66 1/2 degrees south
Whta is the Antarctic Circle?
From June 1 to November 30 is
What is hurricane season?
Three communities/tribes from which the enslaved Africans were taken
What is Mandigoes, Ashanti, Fanti, Igbo, Akan, Ewe and Yoroba?
The national dish of Barbados
What is flying fish and cou-cou?
Human activities such as deforestation, and poor farming practises can encourage
What is erosion and deposition?
Jamaica's locations in the Caribbean?
What is 18 degrees north and 77 degrees west?
Rainfall that occurs when warm winds blow from the sea and rise to higher lands
What is relief rainfall?