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
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What country and state are in between?

A

Florida and South America

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5
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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
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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?

22
Q

What is the capital of Puerto Rico?

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
The Lesser Antilles are a chain of smaller islands that form what?
The eastern boundary of Caribbean Sea
26
The Leeward Islands go from the Virgin Islands to what?
Dominica
27
Leeward means an island that is sheltered from what occurrence?
Prevailing winds on the open ocean
28
What do the Windward Islands suffer from?
From many hurricanes
29
What 2 is the largest of the Lesser Antilles?
Trinidad and Tobago
30
Trinidad and Tobago were formerly owned by who?
The British
31
The West Indies has how many islands?
1,000 Islands