Geography: Caribbean

Which of the following is NOT one of the groups of islands of the Caribbean?

• Greater Antilles

• Lesser Antilles

• Hawaiian

• Bahamas

Which of the following is NOT an island of the Greater Antilles?

• Puerto Rico

• Barbados

• Cuba

• Jamaica

Which islands of the Caribbean are coral islands?

• Greater Antilles

• Lesser Antilles

• Bahamas

Communists overtook which island, an action which led to many people fleeing to the US:

• Cuba

• Puerto Rico

• Jamaica

• Haiti

A group of islands is known as:

• isthmus

• peninsula

• archipelago

• strait

Facing AWAY from the wind is:

• windward

• leeward

• tropical

• sub-tropical

Original natives to the Caribbean islands disappeared due to violence and:

• mass drownings

• emigration to Europe

• disease

• it was aliens

Puerto Rico belongs to:

• USA

• no one. Puerto Rico is an independent country

• Great Britain

• Brazil

Which of the following is a major industry in the Caribbean?

• oil

• tourism

• steel

• medicine

Beginning in the 1940s, where did Puerto Ricans begin migrating to?

• California

• Cuba

• Brazil

• New York