The Bahamas has year round sunshine because of its _____________ weather.

Our weather in the Bahamas is ____________ and _____________.

___________________ is used to measure the temperature.

A ____________________ is used to measure atmospheric pressure.

What is used to measure wind speed?

What is used to measure the amount of rain that falls in a particular place?

What months is the Bahamas affected by hurricanes?

__________________ resources of a country are all those things provided by nature.

What are the great resources of the Bahamas?

We should protect our natural resources so that _______________________________________.

_________________ is a major salt island because the island is dry.

What are the two minerals taken from the sea?

Another name for limestone is _________________________.

_______________ is the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock.

In the Bahamas, we raise cattle, poultry and beef for their meat.

Two things that are good for farming year round are sunshine and flat islands.

What are the major fishing islands?

The major fishing grounds are the Great Bahama Bank, Little Bahama Bank and Cay Sal.

The Bahamas does not have a close season for fishing to protect our marine life.

The Bahamas has a close season to protect our marine life.

A business place that looks after our money is a

A ____________ Bank offers services to Bahamians and tourists.

An _______________ Bank is where foreigners deposit their money for various reasons.

___________________ is money deposited over a period of time.

What type of companies provide health insurance, protection of property and life insurance?

_________________ assists with the cost of medical bills.

Three things you can do at a bank are withdraw money, borrow money or make payments with credit cards.

Banking and Finance are the second largest source of income for the Bahamas.

Junkanoo came from the continent of Asia.

Junkanoo came from what continent?

The festival Junkanoo was named after ____________________.

Some instruments used in Junkanoo are the drums, whistles and cowbells.

Junkanoo takes place during the month's of December and January on what holidays?

The Bahamas became an independent country on July 10th, _________.

The flag was designed by ______________________.

The flag was raised for the first time on July 9th, 1973 at midnight.

What are the national symbols of the Bahamas?

Who wrote the National Anthem?

_______________ are people who visit a place for vacation.

Every Bahamian should do these two things to encourage visitors to return to The Bahamas; make our country a pleasant place to visit and provide the best service.

Tourist come to the Bahamas by plane or boat.

Most of our tourists come from the continent North America and are from the United States and Canada.

A cruise ship is a floating ____________.

The Lucayans came from the continent of ________________________.

Tourist would make The Bahamas a choice because they want to enjoy the sun and sea or to meet new people.

When tourist come to visit they can go to casinos, straw markets, fishing and swimming.

Someone who works with tourists must be friendly, patient and polite.

A resort provides everything a visitor needs such as sleeping accommodations, close to the sea, visitors don't have to leave the property and everything is in one place.

Guesthouses provide bedrooms and sometimes kitchens, not close to the sea and the visitors would have to leave the property.

On a cruise ship the rooms are called cabins and beds are called bunks.

An air passenger stays longer than a cruise ship passenger because they have travelled from a further place.

Some changes the tourist industry has bought to our country are dock and harbours have been rebuild and made bigger, new airports have been built and existing ones have improved, transport and communication systems have been updated and there are new resorts, hotels and guesthouses on many islands.

What would happen if tourists stop coming to the Bahamas?

Lucayan mothers use use to bound the heads of their babies because they believed having a broad forehead was beautiful.

Lucayans were skillful sailors and fishermen.

Where was Christopher Columbus born?

In what year was Columbus born?

Columbus knew that the Earth was round and wanted to find a shorter route to Asia and needed a ship, men and money to take his journey.

Columbus was helped by King Fernando and Queen Isabel of England.

What were Columbus' three ships that he took on his journey?

Columbus arrived on the island the Lucayans called Guanahani on October 12, 1492.

Columbus came to the West Indies looking for gold, did he find any in The Bahamas?

The Spaniards needed men to work so they took the Lucayans to Hispaniola.

What did Columbus rename Guanahani island?

Did any of the Lucayans die on the voyage with Columbus of diseases and in mines?