607 Quiz 1 Flashcards
Most cropland in the islands is used for what?
Growing food for export
Who overthrew the Cuban dictator in 1959?
Fidel Castro
The West Indies include twelve what?
Dependencies
West Indians with both African and European ancestors are called?
Mulattoes
What is an important source of income in the West Indies?
Tourism
Where is Cuba’s Capital?
Havana
The three archipelagos of the West Indies are:
1) Bahamas 2) Great Antilles, and 3) Lesser Antilles
Where do the greatest percentage of people in the West Indies live?
The Greater Antilles
The United States supported an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba where?
Bay of Pigs
In recent years, Cuban farmers have been able to sell produce where?
Farmers Markets
The Bahama’s flat terrain results in the island getting more or less rainfall than other West Indian islands?
Less
What is the pearl of the Antilles?
Cuba
What is the United States military base in Cuba called?
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba became communist when who took over?
Fidel Castro
Be able to label the following places on a map
1) Caribbean Sea 2) Atlantic Ocean 3) Bahamas 4) Great Antilles 5) Lesser Antilles 6) Cuba 7) Jamaica 8) Hispaniola (see lesson 4 for example map)
What is a dependency of the United States in the Caribbean?
Puerto Rico
Most of the West Indies lie south of what line?
Tropic of Cancer
The Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and Lesser Antilles make up the three what of the West Indies?
Archipelagos
Fidel Castro did what to Cuba’s sugar industry?
Nationalized it
When Cuba began to raise more crops than just sugarcane it was a move to ______ its economy?
Diversify
What amendment allowed the United States to be involved in Cuba?
Platt Amendment
Cuba’s communist government controls what type of farms?
Collective Farms
Who was Cuba’s Father of Independence?
Jose Marti
Where could slaves buy their freedom?
In Cuba
At the Bay of Pigs, what country supported an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba?
The United States
The West Indies protect the Caribbean from the Atlantic Ocean. It is called a what?
Breakwater
Over half of the people of the West Indies liver where?
Coastal Cities
Why do few Native Americans live in the West Indies today?
Most died from three things 1) Disease after the Europeans arrived 2) Mistreatment 3) Forced Labor
Cuba exports what two things?
Sugar and Citrus
