Homework questions and answers

Reading Check on 214 - What formed the islands of the West Indies?

There are many coral reefs that have help make and create the islands so have the Volcanoses that have formed the isands.

Reading Check on 215 - What is the major industry in the West Indies?

The land is really rich and so it makes very good crops so that is there many industry

Reading Check on 217 - Where was the first permanent European settlement in the West Indies?

In 1496 the fisrt permanent European settlement Santo Domingo

2. Region- What three archipelagos make up the West Indies?

The greater antilles the lesser antilles and the Bahamas.

3. History- Name four groups who have influenced the culture of the Caribbean region.

The creole,english,spanish and the french.

4. Government- How is Cuba different from every other country in the Western Hemisphere?

It is the only full blown communist countries.

my island project it Turks and Caicos