Ch. 8

More than __ countries or territories belong to other countries. Meaning the people living there don't owe jack.

• 20

• 30

• 40

• 50

What body of water is the western arm of the Atlantic Ocean?

• Trinidad Sea

• Gulf Stream

• Atlantic Sea

• Caribbean Sea

Warm waters of the Caribbean help feed the ​ (a)   and carries warm water up the eastern coast of the ​ (b)  

• Gulf Stream
• US
• Gulf Ocean
• Gulf of Peru
• Europe

Explorers in Europe used trade winds blowing ​​ (a)   to ​ (b)   to reach the sea.

• east
• west
• south
• north

Averages___ hurricanes a year.

• 8

• 70

• 1

• 7

Three island group​ (a)   ,​ (b)   ,​ and (c)  

• Greater Antilles
• Lesser Antilles
• Bahamas
• Cuba
• Cuba
• Haiti
• Puerto Rico

Greater Antilles: ​​ (a)   ,​ (b)   , ​ (c)   , and ​ (d)   .

• Cuba
• Jamaica
• Hispaniola
• Puerto Rico

The Bahamas actually includes more than ___ islands.

• 300

• 30

• 3,000

• 3

Two types of islands ___ and ___.

• Casy and Valcanic

• Cays and Volcanic

• Volcanic and Cys

• Bahamas and Greater Antilles

What is the Climate?

• Humid

• Torpical

• Tropical

• May and October