Which direction is opposite from EAST?
West
Jamaica is to the ________of Cuba
South
Which water body surrounds the island of Jamaica?
The Caribbean Sea.
Which is most suitable for farming, plains or mountains?
plains
The main town of a parish is called the____.
Parish capital
Name a parish that has been eliminated from today's map.
St Dorothy, Metcalfe, St George, St David, St Thomas in the Vale, Vere, St John, Port Royal
List 5 NATURAL FEATURES of the Jamaican landscape.
mountains, valleys, hills, rivers, plauteau, plains etc
Which of the following coasts are not washed by the ATLANTIC OCEAN? Haiti, Puerto Rico, Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands
Most rivers in Jamaica runs in which two directions?
North and south
List three qualities of a good leader.
determine, honest, courage, creative, self-confident, self-aware, tolerant, empathy, good sense of humor, etc
Rivers starts at the ____________ and ends at the _______________.
source, mouth
Which mountain is furthest EAST?
Johncrow Mountains
Savanna la mar, Morant Bay, Lucea, Montego Bay, Black River, Port Antonio, Port Maria, Falmouth
Reporting the matter to the relevant authority
List three (3) large parishes.
St Ann, St Catherine, Trelwany, St. Elizabeth, Clarendon.
Rivers empties into the ______________, ____________ or _________________.
sea, lake or another river
Natural/ highland
List two human activities that affects our rivers.
throwing garbage in the river, pesticides getting dumped or washed into the river, factories emptying waste into the rivers etc.
Give two ways in which we use rivers in Jamaica.
tourism, farming and agriculture, hydroelectricity, parish borders, (White River-St Ann and St Mary),
List 5 human made features.
roads, buildings, airports, dams, hotels etc
List three (3) uses of plains in Jamaica.
Farming and agriculture
Build hotels, homes and school
Build airports
The town of -________ sits on top of a plateau.
Mandeville
Explain how cows and other animals drinking water straight from the rivers can affect the river.
Cows passes feces directly into the river, polluting it. Cows erode the banks of rivers.
Jamaica has _____________ parishes, ___________ cities and _______________ counties.
14, 2 and 3
A sugar factory in the Goodwill community recently closed down, what changes do you think will take place in the community?
The population will reduce