Caribbean Flashcards

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1
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Anguilla

A

UK

The Valley

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Aruba

A

Netherlands

Oranjestad

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3
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British Virgin Islands

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UK

Road Town

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4
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Cayman Islands

A

UK

George Town

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5
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Collectivity of Saint Martin

A

France

Marigot

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Curaçao

A

Netherlands

Willemstad

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7
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Montserrat

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UK

Plymouth

Brades

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8
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Navassa Island

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US and Haiti both claim it.

Uninhabited.

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9
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Saint Barthélemy

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France

Gustavia

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10
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Sint Maarten

A

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Philipsburg

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11
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Turks and Caicos Islands

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UK

Cockburn Town

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12
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United States Virgin Islands

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US

Charlotte Amalie

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13
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Bonaire

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Netherlands

Kralendijk

Together with Aruba and Curaçao it forms a group referred to as the ABC islands of the Leeward Antilles, the southern island chain of the Lesser Antilles.

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14
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French Guiana

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France

Cayenne

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15
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Guadeloupe

A

France

Basse-Terre

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16
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Martinique

A

France

Fort-de-France

17
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Saba

A

Netherlands

The Bottom

18
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Sint Eustatius

A

Netherlands

Oranjestad

19
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Lesser Antilles

A

Antigua and Barbuda

Barbados

Dominica

Grenada

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Aruba (Netherlands)

Anguilla (UK)

Bonaire (Netherlands)

British Virgin Islands (UK)

Curaçao (Netherlands)

Guadeloupe (France)

Martinique (France)

Montserrat (UK)

Saba (Netherlands)

Saint Barthélemy (France)

Saint Martin (France)

Sint Eustatius (Netherlands)

Sint Maarten (Netherlands)

United States Virgin Islands (US)

20
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Bermuda

A

UK

Hamilton

21
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Greater Antilles

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Cuba

Cayman Islands

Dominican Republic

Jamaica

Puerto Rico

22
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Lesser Antilles Regions

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The Lesser Antilles (also known as the Caribbees) are a long, partly volcanic island arc in the Caribbean Sea.[1] Most of its islands form the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean, with the remainder located in the southern Caribbean just north of South America. The Lesser Antilles and the Greater Antilles compose the Antilles, which are in turn part of the West Indies along with the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

The islands of the Lesser Antilles are divided into three groups. The two main groups are the Windward Islands in the south and the Leeward Islands in the north. The Windward Islands are called such because they were more windward to sailing ships arriving in the New World than the Leeward Islands, given that the prevailing trade winds blow east to west. The trans-Atlantic currents and winds that provided the fastest route across the ocean brought these ships to the rough dividing line between the Windward and Leeward Islands.
The third group is the Leeward Antilles in the west. These consist of the Dutch ABC islands just off the coast of Venezuela, plus a group of Venezuelan islands.

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West Indies

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The Caribbean islands, consisting of the Greater Antilles on the north and the Lesser Antilles on the south and east (including the Leeward Antilles), are part of the somewhat larger West Indies grouping, which also includes the Lucayan Archipelago (comprising the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands) north of the Greater Antilles and Caribbean Sea. In a wider sense, the mainland countries of Belize and Guyana – historically and culturally part of the British West Indies – may be included.

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Leeward Antilles

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The Leeward Antilles comprise (roughly from west to east):

ABC islands:
Aruba (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Curaçao (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Bonaire (Netherlands)
Venezuelan archipelago:
Las Aves
Los Roques
La Orchilla
La Blanquilla
Los Hermanos
Los Testigos