The Caribbean Islands

Which Caribbean country is known for its reggae music?

• Cuba

• Dominican Republic

• Jamaica

• Haiti

What do the commonwealth Caribbean countries have in common?

• They are ethnically European.

• They are constitutional republics.

• Their governments are democratic.

• They are English speaking islands.

In which type of industry do most people in the Caribbean find work?

• agriculture

• wholesale

• retail

• service

money sent home by people who migrated someplace else to work

• Economy

• Remittance

• Gross Domestic Product

• Free Enterprise

indigenous group who lived on the islands of the Greater Antilles.

• Taino

• Carib

• Wildcats

• Panthers

government in which a king or a queen acts as head of state but an elected parliament makes and passes laws

• Free Enterprise

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Communist

Which Caribbean island is part of the Greater Antilles?

• Aruba

• Dominica

• Jamaica

• Tobago

The Bahamas are located in which ocean?

• Caribbean

• Atlantic

• Pacific

• Arctic

What can Puerto Ricans not do even though they are U.S. citizens?

• They cannot petition to become a state.

• They cannot elect their own legislature.

• They cannot reside or live in the United States.

• They cannot vote in U.S. presidential elections.

In the early 1500's, who set up colonies in what is now Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico?

• Britain

• Portugal

• Netherlands

• Spain