Land and Water
How many independent countries make up the Caribbean.
13
What is the weather usually like in the Caribbean?
Hot and Damp
What is the most important natural resource on the Caribbean Islands?
The beaches
A trip that takes you to a lot of different islands is called what?
Island Hopping
What Caribbean dish is known as "Hurricane Ham?"
Conch
What are the three main island groups in the Caribbean?
Bahamas, Great Antilles and the Lesser Antilles
What way do hurricanes rotate?
counter clockwise
How many different kinds of fish live in the Coral Reef?
Over 500
What is one of the largest cave systems in the world called?
Rio Camuy Cave Park
The most important sport on the Caribbean Islands is what?
Baseball
What countries make up the Greater Antilles?
Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and HIspaniola.
The calmest part of the hurricane is called the what?
The eye.
What is the most important business on the islands?
Tourism
What has the world's largest and most powerful radio telescope?
Arecibo Observatory
Puerto Rico is a part of which country?
The United States
What is the highest mountain range in the Caribbean?
Cordillera Central
How many active volcanoes are found on the Caribbean Islands?
19
What island is the most fertile island?
Grenada
A flooded crack in the earth that allows hot gases to vent from the molten lave below created what landmark?
Boiling Lake
What is the official language of tourism on the islands?
English
What is the deepest part of the Caribbean Sea called?
Cayman Trough
What is the name of the volcano that is currently erupting on the island?
Montserrat's Soufriere Hills
The Dominican Republic is one of the world's most important sources of what?
Amber
What is the most popular site for shooting movies.
St. Lucia Island
The word currency also means what?
Money