6 Caribbean Region

The Caribbean islands lie in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres.

• True

• False

The Dominican Republic is a democracy and a member of the British Commonwealth.

• True

• False

The Communist Party controls Cuba.

• True

• False

Puerto Rico is a territory of the United Kingdom with a republican form of government.

• True

• False

Citizens in Cuba have the right to vote, but other rights are not respected.

• True

• False

The national bird of Jamaica is the ___.

• palmchat

• red-billed streamertail

Haitian farmers grow sugarcane, cacao, coffee, and mangoes to use and for ___.

• export

• import

What type of climate does the Caribbean region have?

• desert

• tropical

What did coral skeletons harden into on the rocks in Jamaica?

• limestone

• marble

What is a natural disaster that impacts the Caribbean region?

• glaciers

• hurricanes