The Amazing West Indies: A Caribbean Region

Sammi-G

Febuary 14 through 20, 2018

Yellow Group




Information about islands in the Greater Antilles, Lessar Antilles, and The Bahamas:

The biggest island in the Caribbean region is Cuba. The capital is Havana and it is on the western side of the island.

The captial of Jamaica is Kingston which is located on the eastern side of the small island.

Nevis is where Alexander Hamilton was born and was orginally owned by James Hamilton, Alexander's son.

One of the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is Mayreau. It is also the smallest island that is inhabited by humans in the Grenadines.




Information about the Article:

Date of Article: 2018

Headline: The West Indies

Author: Bridget M. Brereton and Colin Graham Clarke

Source of the Article: Britannica




Some vocabulary words:

1.heterogeneous- composed of different groups of people.

2. legacy- handed down from the past

3. ethnicity- a small group that share common and different things




Summary:

Who: spaniards, dutch, french, british- make up population

chinese- languages

english- languages

What: groups of islands in the caribbean region, which are: The Greater Antilles(I did Cuba and Jamaica), Lessar Antilles(I did Nevis and Mayreau) and the Bahamas, dry climate, wet season, have similar history

When: all the way back to the cretaceous time period, they were discovered with Columbus and his voyages.

Where: The caribbean region, including but not limited to, Cuba, Hispanola, Jamaica, Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Why: to understand the history and how they got there, what they have in common




"I Wonder Questions":

1.Why were they named that way?

2. What do each of them have in common with each other?

3. Do they have any major events in history together?

this takes you to the CIA website on Puerto Rico =this takes you to a site from the jamacia government this takes you to a britanntica site on hispanola