The West Indies Flashcards
What are Islets?
Small, Uninhabitable islands
What are the 3 main groups?
Bahamas, The Greater Antilles, and Lesser Antilles
Who discovered these 3 main groups?
Christopher Columbus
What country and state are in between?
Florida and South America
What 3 things do the Bahamas have?
Cluster of coral islands, no mountains, and no good soil.
The Bahamas are the members of what commonwealth?
The British Commonwealth
What is the capital of the Bahamas?
Nassau
What is included with The Great Antilles?
Hint: 4 places
Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica
The Great Antilles was used by Spain as a base for exploring what?
The New World
What is the capital of Cuba?
Havana
Fill In The Blank:
It is the __________ and most__________ island in the West Indies.
Largest and Populous
What kind of government did Fidel Castro establish in the Western Hemisphere?
The First Communist Government
Fill In The Blank:
_________ on the west side and _________ on the east side in Hispaniola
1) Haiti
2) Dominican Republic
Haiti is the ____________ country in the Western Hemisphere
The Poorest Country
Voodoo is the mixture of Western American____________, _____________, and the element of Roman Catholicism.
1) Spirit Worship
2) Black Magic