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.
Date of Article: 2018
Headline: The West Indies
Author: Bridget M. Brereton and Colin Graham Clarke
Source of the Article: Britannica
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
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
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?