The West Indies Flashcards

1
Q

What are Islets?

A

Small, Uninhabitable islands

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2
Q

What are the 3 main groups?

A

Bahamas, The Greater Antilles, and Lesser Antilles

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3
Q

Who discovered these 3 main groups?

A

Christopher Columbus

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4
Q

What country and state are in between?

A

Florida and South America

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5
Q

What 3 things do the Bahamas have?

A

Cluster of coral islands, no mountains, and no good soil.

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6
Q

The Bahamas are the members of what commonwealth?

A

The British Commonwealth

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7
Q

What is the capital of the Bahamas?

A

Nassau

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8
Q

What is included with The Great Antilles?

Hint: 4 places

A

Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica

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9
Q

The Great Antilles was used by Spain as a base for exploring what?

A

The New World

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10
Q

What is the capital of Cuba?

A

Havana

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11
Q

Fill In The Blank:

It is the __________ and most__________ island in the West Indies.

A

Largest and Populous

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12
Q

What kind of government did Fidel Castro establish in the Western Hemisphere?

A

The First Communist Government

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13
Q

Fill In The Blank:

_________ on the west side and _________ on the east side in Hispaniola

A

1) Haiti

2) Dominican Republic

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14
Q

Haiti is the ____________ country in the Western Hemisphere

A

The Poorest Country

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15
Q

Voodoo is the mixture of Western American____________, _____________, and the element of Roman Catholicism.

A

1) Spirit Worship

2) Black Magic

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16
Q

People in Haiti grow things like coffee and rice. What other 3 items do they grow?

A

Sugar, Mangoes, and Corn

17
Q

What language do Haiti people speak that is a French and African language?

A

They speak Creole

18
Q

What is the capital of the Dominican Republic?

A

Santo Domingo

19
Q

The Dominican Republic is defined by one word, ___________.

A

Mountainous

20
Q

The people in The Dominican Republic also grow coffee and rice. What other 5 items do they grow?

A

Sugar, Cotton, Cacao, Potatoes, and Bananas

21
Q

What is the capital of Jamaica?

A

Kingston

22
Q

What is the capital of Puerto Rico?

A

San Juan

23
Q

Fill In The Blank:

Puerto Rico is a territory of the ____________

A

United States (U.S)

24
Q

Puerto Rico was claimed the U.S after what war?

A

The Spanish-American War

25
Q

The Lesser Antilles are a chain of smaller islands that form what?

A

The eastern boundary of Caribbean Sea

26
Q

The Leeward Islands go from the Virgin Islands to what?

A

Dominica

27
Q

Leeward means an island that is sheltered from what occurrence?

A

Prevailing winds on the open ocean

28
Q

What do the Windward Islands suffer from?

A

From many hurricanes

29
Q

What 2 is the largest of the Lesser Antilles?

A

Trinidad and Tobago

30
Q

Trinidad and Tobago were formerly owned by who?

A

The British

31
Q

The West Indies has how many islands?

A

1,000 Islands