The West Indies

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In the Bahamas, The Bahamas are a big group of islands that are great for tourism. The capital is of the Bahamas is Nassau. And is ruled by Queen Elizabeth II, with a Population of 392,718 people Desovered in 1492, when Christopher Columbus made his first landfall in the New World.

Lesser Antilles

Greater Antilles

Date of Article: 9/19/17

Headline: West Indies Island Group, Atlantic Ocean

Author: Bridget M. Breretom, Colin Graham Clarke

Source of the Article: Encyclopedia Britannica

Write down three (3) vocabulary words and their definitions:

1.Physiographic-defining the Earth's landforms into distinct regions

2.Maritime-bordering on the sea

3.Heterogeneous-diverse in character or content

Who:The Islands

What:Inhabitants the waters below Florida (the carribein sea)

When: All year round

Where:The Caribbean

Why:Because of the islands

1. I wonder what they would do if a volcano erupts/how would they get everyone off the island in time.

2. I wonder if there are undisovered islands in the caribean region.

3. I wonder why they call then the lesser antilles and the greater antilles.

Question: Why are the lesser antilles called the lesser antills, and the greater antilles are called the greater antilles? They are called the lesser antilles because the islands are smaller then the greater antilles.