Transcript The Caribbean

The Caribbean
World Geography
peninsula: a piece of land with water on three sides
península: porción de tierra que está prácticamente rodeada por agua
pidgin: a mix of English and an indigenous language
pidgin: mezcla de inglés y una lengua indígena
Plain - relatively flat, treeless country
Plano - Llano, liso, sin relieves
Creole: a person who has African and French or Spanish ancestors
Criollo - Dicho de una persona: De raza negra, nacida en los antiguos territorios
españoles de América
Heterogeneous - mixed up people or things
Heterogéneo – Mezcla de partes de diversa naturaleza en un todo.
Homogeneous - the same kind of people or things
Homogéneo - Dicho de un conjunto: Formado por elementos iguales.
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Use your map of the Caribbean to answer the following:
• Name the four largest countries in the Caribbean.
• In which direction would you travel if you flew from Panama to Cuba?
• What island nation is south of Cuba?
• What two countries share the island of Hispaniola?
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Tropical
Maritime
Climate
The Caribbean
• The Greater Antilles
• Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti & the Domincan Republic), and Puerto Rico (U.S. territory)
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• The Lesser Antilles – Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and
Barbuda, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, and Grenada
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• Caribbean Culture
• Population is ethnically heterogeneous (mixed) due to plantation society based on slave
labor
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• Caribbean Culture
• Spanish speaking communities – Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Dominican Republic
• Remaining communities mix various European languages – creole languages
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• Caribbean cuisine is a fusion of African, Amerindian, European, East Indian, Arab
and Chinese cuisine
GDP Per capita – the average amount of money earned by
each person in a country
life expectancy - how many years the
average person will live in a country
internet users - people who use the internet
Countries
Per 1,000 Live Births
Using these statistical categories Australia is the most developed country of these five.
Using these statistical categories Chile is the least developed country of these five.