The Caribbean Islands

Which European explorer was the first to reach the Caribbean Islands in 1492?

• Hernan Cortes

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Henry Hudson

Havana is the capital of the largest island in the Caribbean which is

• Jamaica

• Cuba

• Puerto Rico

• Bahamas

By the 1700's the Caribbean Islands were colonized by

• European Countries

• Asia

• Africa

• America

The Caribbean Islands have many different regional variety of languages called

• dialects

• cooperatives

• accent

• refugees

Cuba became an independent country in

• 1804

• 1803

• 1805

• 1902

Haiti gained independence in

• 1804

• 1803

• 1902

• 1900

Which country is a commonwealth of the United States

• Jamaica

• Puerto Rico

• Cuba

• Bahamas

Which country is one of the poorest in the world?

• Cuba

• Haiti

• Puerto Rico

• Jamaica

Someone who flees to another country for political or economic reasons is known as a

• refugee

• immigrant

• tourist

• citizen

Most Islanders are descended from

• Europeans and Africans

• Europeans and Indians

• Africans and Indians

• Americans and Africans