Geographical Divisions of the Caribbean Flashcards
What are the Major Divisions of the Caribbean
Greater Antilles
Lesser Antilles (Leeward and Windward)
The Bahamas
What are the other Divisions in the Caribbean?
Turks and caicos
Netherlands Antilles
Cayman islands
Virgin Islands (British and U.S)
What are the other Divisions in the Caribbean?
Turks and caicos
Netherlands Antilles
Cayman islands
Virgin Islands (British and U.S)
What is the Greater Antilles?
The Greater Antilles are the four largest islands in the
northwestern portion of the Caribbean Sea.
What is the Greater Antilles comprised of?
The Greater Antilles are the big islands, and the Lesser
Antilles are the smaller group of island that make up the
chain of islands in the eastern Caribbean.
What islands are apart of the Greater Antilles?
Jamaica
Cuba
Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic)
Puerto Rico
What is the Lesser Antilles?
The Lesser Antilles, the small islands, and are divided up into a
couple geographical areas as well. In the south, you have the
Windward Islands and in the north you have the Leeward Islands.
What islands are apart of the Lesser Antilles?
The Virgin Islands
Anguilla
St. Martin (Guadeloupe
(north part) and Netherlands
Antilles (south part))
Saba (Netherlands Antilles)
St. Eustatius (Netherlands
Antilles)
St. Barts
Antigua
Barbuda
St. Kitts
Nevis
Montserrat
Guadeloupe
Dominica
Martinique
Saint Lucia
Barbados
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Grenada
Trinidad & Tobago
Why is it called the Leeward Islands?
The Leeward Islands are the northwestern islands of the Lesser Antilles. They’re called the Leeward Islands because they’re away from the wind
(“lee”).
Why is it called the Windward Islands?
The Windward Islands got their name because they’re exposed to the wind (“windward”) of the northeast trade winds (northeasterlies).
What islands are apart of the Windward Islands?
Martinique
Barbados
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Grenada
What islands are apart of the Leeward Islands?
Virgin Islands
Dominica
Guadeloupe
Montserrat
Antigua
Barbuda
St. Kitts
Nevis
Anguilla
What Islands are apart of the Netherland Antilles?
Bonaire
Curacao
Sint Maarten
Saba
Sint Eustatius
Aruba
