The Caribbean Region

In what region is the Caribbean found?

• All of the countries/islands in the Caribbean sea

• All of the countries/territores surrounding and within the Caribbean sea.

• All of the islands that were colonies of the Spanish, French and British.

• All of the above.

Identify the extent of the Caribbean region?

• The Caribbean stretches from Florida in the North to Guyana in the south, Brasil in the east and Mexico in the west.

• The Caribbean stretches from the Bahamas in the North to Venezuela in the south, Brasil in the east and Belize in the west.

• The Caribbean stretches from Bahamas in the North to Guyana in the south, French Guiana in the east and Belize in the west.

• The Caribbean stretches from Bahamas in the North to Trinidad in the south, Barbados in the east and Cuba in the west.

Caribbean History students look at the Caribbean region that has

• geographical and language

• political and historical

• historical, political, language and cultural links

• geographical political, historical and cultural links

What is an archipeligo?

• a chain or group of islands found in a lake river or ocean

• a group of islands that run north to south in the ocean

• a groups of islands that are independent

• a group of islands that were colonies

The Caribbean islands can be subdivided into different regions, choose each region that applies.

• the Greater Antilles

• the Lesser Antilles

• Lucayan Archipelago

• ABC Islands.

• the West Indies

Meso America is term refering to

• North America

• Central America

• South America

• the Caribbean

To what do the words terrestrial and maritime refer?

• islands and continents

• sea and land

• warm and cold weather

• land and sea

They are five sub-regions of focus for Caribbean History

• The Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, the Guianas, and central America

• The Bahamas, Guyana the Windward and Leeward islands and Belize

• The Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, the Guianas, and Belize

• Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, the Bahamas, Guyana and Central America

Trade winds and the prevailing sea currents made the region easy to navigate.

• True

• False

Choose all that apply to the Caribbean Sea

• the Caribbean sea is found in the Atlantic Ocean

• the Caribbean sea is found in the Arctic region

• it is bounded by the American continent in the

  West and South

• it is bounded in the East by the Barbados

• the islands of the Antilles form the astern and northern border.