The Incredible Map of the Caribbean and Questions

Homework questions and answers

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

Some were made from uprising volcanoes,(high islands) some were made by layers of coral, piled up over time and covered sand,(low islands) and some were just continental islands like where we live.(continental land)

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

Tourism is the major industry.

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

San Salvador. Christopher Columbus founded this land when he landed there in 1492. He traveled there on the Santa Maria.

Region- What three archipelagos make up the West Indies

Greater Antilles,(Cuba, Hispaniola Peurto Rico, and Jamaica) the Lesser Antilles (the archipelagos stretching from Peurto Rico to South America) and the Bahamas(the low islands stretching from the Greater Antilles to Florida

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

Taino, French, Spaniards, and Asians all influenced the culture.

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

Cuba has the only communist government in the western hemisphere.

Hispaniola is the island that I researched.