Homework questions and answers

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

Volcanoes developed the West Indies

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

Tourism is the best industry in the West Indies

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

1496 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 French

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

It's the one and only full communist countrie

My island report will be on Puerto Rico.