Location & Definition AND Society & Culture

What is the main factor in the geographical definition of the Caribbean?

• Caribbean Basin

• Caribbean Sea

• Lesser and Greater Antilles

• Caribbean Plate

What is the main determinant in the geological definition of the Caribbean?

• Caribbean Plate

• Greater and Lesser Antilles

• Caribbean Sea

• Eurasian Plate

For political purposes the concept of _______________ is used to define the Caribbean.

• CARIFESTA

• UN

• Caribbean territories

• CARICOM

The American Mediterranean Sea is the combined water bodies of the ____________________ and the __________________.

• Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico

• Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico

• Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean

An archipelago is ...

• narrow strips of land with sea on either side.

• a maximum of ten islands closely connected.

• several islands in a continent.

• a group of islands closely scattered in a body of water.

Identify three islands of the Netherlands Antilles

• Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, French Guiana

• French Guiana, Bahamas, Saba

• Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius

• Sint Eustatius, French Guiana, Saba

The Greater Antilles is...

• the four richest islands in the northwestern portion of the Caribbean Sea.

• the four largest islands in the northwestern portion of the Caribbean Sea.

• the four largest islands in the southeastern portion of the Caribbean Sea.

• the four richest islands in the southeastern portion of the Caribbean Sea.

The Bahamas is an...

• archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean

• isthmus in the Caribbean Sea

• island in the Caribbean Sea

• isthmus in the Atlantic Ocean

Which of the following countries is a mainland territory?

• Trinidad

• Suriname

• Barbados

• Aruba

Which of the following belongs to the Greater Antilles?

• Anguilla

• St. Lucia

• Bermuda

• Cuba