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Geo. 7 Chapter 11 #2
West Indies and Central America
| Place | Facts |
|---|---|
| Guatemala | Has more people than any other Central American country |
| Guatemala | An earthquake in 1976 made people receptive to the gospel 30% of there are now prodistent |
| Guatemala | Produces coffeebeans, surgar cane, and cotton |
| Belize | Settled by the British, not Spanish (no gold) |
| Belize | Least population in Central America |
| Belize | Speak English |
| Belize | 50% catholic ; 27% prodistant |
| Belize | Bananas, citrus fruit, sugar cane, fish |
| El Salvador | most volcanos in Central America |
| El Salvador | Least area, but most densely populated |
| El Salvador | Major crop is coffee beans |
| Honduras | Most people are peasants |
| Honduras | Bananas is largest crop |
| Honduras | US has sent troops to protect it from communist Nicargua |
| Nicaragua | Major crops are sugar, bananas, coffee |
| Costa Rica | Pleasant climate |
| Costa Rica | Highest per-capita in Central America (b/c of private land ownership) |
| Costa Rica | Oldest continuous democracy in Central America |
| Panama | Most developed Central America nation |
| Panama | Good economy b/c of income from the Panama Canal |
| Panama | Panama Canal was built by the US and treaty was signed in 1979 giving control of the canal to panama |
| West Indies | Between flordia and the northern coast of South America lie 1000 islands and 1000s of tiny islets (small uninhibited islands) |
| Bahamas | A cloister of coral islands |
| Bahamas | Lower elevation, no mountains, and no good soil |
| Bahamas | British founded a colony there and brought African slaves |
| Bahamas | Independent member of the British common wealth |
| Bahamas | Fish & tourism |
| Bahamas | More baptist than Anglicans and catholic |
| The greater Antilles | Crest of underwater mountain chain |
| Cuba - Spanish | Largest island and greatest population |
| Cuba | Sugar cane, Tabacco, and famous cigars |
| Cuba | Spanish lost Cuba to Americans in the Spanish- American war (1898). America soon gave up all of Cuba expect for a naval base |
| Cuba | Fidel Castro established communist government in 1959- main ally was the Soviet Union 1991 soviet collapse hurt Cuba |
| Cuba | Many Cubans try to escape to the US |
| Cuba | Havana is the capital |
| Cuba | Fidel Castro's brother, Raul, is now in power |
| Hispaniola | Two countries occupy this island (Haiti, Dominican Republic) |
| Haiti | Poorest country in the world |
| Haiti | Much conflict between political groups |
| Haiti | Poor land usage leads to little food |
| Haiti | Voodoo religion of slaves ( spirt worship, black magic, and some elements of Catholicism rituals ) - rely of curses and blood shed to keep power- dedicated to saint |
| Haiti | Violent dictators have heeded economic growth |
| Haiti | Agriculture: coffee, sugar cane, rice, corn, mangos, textile industries |
| Dominican Republic | Mountains |
| Dominican Republic | Normal life expectancy |
| Dominican Republic | High literacy (reading & writing) |
| Dominican Republic | Much better economy than Haiti |
| Dominican Republic | Crops: coffee, sugar cane, bananas, rice, cotton, cacao, potatoes |
| Dominican Republic | Other industries: sugar processing, nickel and gold mining, textile, tourism |
| Dominican Republic | Mostly catholic - Spanish speaking |
| Dominican Republic | Blend music and customs of Africa and Spanish |
| Jamaica | British captured from Spanish in 1655 |
| Jamaica | Port royal became a haven from pirates |
| Jamaica | Slave descendants make up population |
| Jamaica | English / African dialect |
| Jamaica | Catholic & Protestant & African/ Christian |
| Jamaica | Gained independence from Britton in 1962 |
| Jamaica | Sugar cane, spices(ginger, all spice), bauxite |
| Jamaica | Tourism |
| US commonwealth of Puerto Rico | US won control after the Spanish American war |
| US commonwealth of Puerto Rico | Most people of Spanish descent |
| US commonwealth of Puerto Rico | Sugar cane, coffee - manufacturing |
| US commonwealth of Puerto Rico | US citizens- they have their own government and constitution, do not vote in presidential election , but help chose/ elect presidential candidates |
| US commonwealth of Puerto Rico | May eventually become the 51st state |
| Lesser Antilles | Smaller chain of islands curving southward from Puerto Rico to the South American coast |
| Leeward island | Sheltered from prevailing winds- tourism, fishing, farming - settled by British, French, and Dutch, some independent |
| Leeward Islands | Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Montserrat, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico ,St. Kitty, Antigua, Barbuda |
| Windward Island | Martinique , St. Lucia ,St. Vincent ,Grenadine ,Trinidad, Tobago ,Barbados, Gisenedad |
Created by:
AG Wilson
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