Review: Topic 3 Lessons 5, 8

Why does the Caribbean have strong African and European influences?

• African colonies defeated European colonies there

• African colonies were first established here, then Europeans came over

• Europeans established colonies here and brought Africans over for slave labor

Why did some Caribbean Islands maintain links with the countries that once held them as colonies?

• They provided economic support
• They were forced to by the larger countries

• They lost their battles for independence

• They forced the countries to maintain ties with them

What is the main source of income for many Caribbean Islands today?

What natural disasters affect the Caribbean?

The Arawak and Carib Native Americans largely depended on ________ for their diet.

What was the triangular trade and how did it affect African people?

Where did the Arawak Native Americans live?

• Caribbean Islands
• Mexico
• Belize
• Honduras

Which European country was the first to establish colonies on the Caribbean Islands?

• Spain
• England
• France
• Poland

What is one way the Caribbean Islands differ from each other?

• they all have the same language
• they all have the same government type
• they all have the same religion
• they all have different languages

Which Caribbean country has the only presidential democracy?

• Haiti
• Jamaica
• Dominican Republic
• Cuba