Caribean Region Maps and Qustions

Homework questions and answers

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

Volcanos pushed up from the floor of the ocean

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

Tourism

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

The spaniards

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

Caribbean, Jamaica, and, Dominican Republic

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

France, Britain, Netherlands, and U.S 4. Government- How is Cuba different from every other country in the Western Hemisphere?

There Communists