Exam 5: The Caribbean

Haiti was the first colony in the Americas to gain independence,in 1776,followed by the United States in 1804.

CARICOM was formed by former Spanish colonies in the Caribbean.

What was the name of the official United States policy that held that the United States would not tolerate European military involvement in the Western Hemisphere?

The Caribbean was the first region of the Americas to be extensively explored and colonized by Europeans.

What was the most common number of crops grown under the plantation system of agriculture?

Maroon societies were composed of which group of people?

In which Caribbean country did the 2005 Hurricane Dennis have the most devastating effect?

As a U.S.citizen on vacation in the Caribbean,you are LEAST likely to visit Cuba.

The initiative designed to launch rapid industrialization in Puerto Rico was called Operation Bootstrap.

Discuss efforts at regional integration in the last 50 years,including the formation of CARICOM

What attributes help make the Caribbean a distinct region?

What is the approximate population of the Caribbean?

Most of the islands,with the exception of Cuba,are on the Caribbean tectonic plate,wedged between the South American and North American plates.

What is creolization?

What element of plantation life was missing from the Caribbean when Europeans established the plantation economy there?

What well-known form of music is most closely associated with the Caribbean?

What is the most common language in the Caribbean?

At what wind speed does a tropical disturbance become a hurricane?

Haiti experienced a devastating earthquake in January 2010.

The hurricanes that are so prevalent in the Caribbean originate in the Pacific Ocean.