GEOG TEST 1 PART 5

Question 1

Greater Antilles

Answer 1

• Cuba
• Jamaica
• Hispaniola
• Puerto Rico

Question 2

Lesser Antilles

Answer 2

The arc of small Carribean islands from St.Marteen(Virgin Islands) to Trinidad

Question 3

Rimland

Answer 3

The mainland coastal zone of the Carribean, beginning with Belize and extending along the coast of Central America to northern South America
-Belize and Guianas

Question 4

Where does most of the population of the Carribean live?

Answer 4

• Greater Antilles
• Trinidad
• Guyana

Question 5

What portions of the Carribean are susceptible to Earthquakes?

Answer 5

Haiti

Question 6

What types of climate are present in the Carribean?

Answer 6

Af-tropical rainy

Aw-tropical wet and dry and savanna

Question 7

What process lead to the peopling of the Carribean?

Answer 7

-Slavery

Question 8

What is NeoAfrica?

Answer 8

the introduction of slaves to the Americas

Question 9

Why is it called NeoAfrica?

Answer 9

The influx of slaves, combined with the elimination of nearly all the native inahbitants remade the Carribean as the area with the greatest concentration of relocated African people in the Americas

Question 10

Maroon Communities

Answer 10

Runaway slaves who established communities rich in African traditions throughout the Carribean and Brazil

Question 11

What general pattern of emigration can be seen from the Carribean?

Answer 11

• -the U.S.

- Europe/former colonizers

Question 12

Creolization

Answer 12

• refers to the blending of African, European, and Amerindian cultures

Question 13

Language(Creolization)

Answer 13

• English
• Dutch
• French
• Spanish

Question 14

Music (Creolization)

Answer 14

-combination of African rhythms and European forms of melody and verse

Question 15

Major Economic Activities of the Carribean

Answer 15

• offshore banking and gambling
• tourism
• agriculture