What is the rimland of the caribbean

Chapter 5 Study Guide

Setting the Boundaries

Which region of the Americas was the first to be

extensively explored and colonized by Europeans?

What is the source of the place-name, "Caribbean"?

The Bahamas

The Greater Antilles

Jamaica, Hatai, Dominican Republic, Puerto

Rico, Cuba

The Lesser Antilles

All the rest of the islands (but you don’t

need to know these)

Rimland

Belize, Guyana, French Guyana, Suriname

Environmental Geography

What were some factors that contributed to

deforestation in the Caribbean?

How much of its original forest cover has Haiti lost?

Why have forests in the rimland survived?

What effects are predicted for the Caribbean as

global climate change increases average

temperatures?

How many heavy storms (winds above 75 miles per

hour) move through the region annually?

What storm was considered the “deadliest” in the 20 th

century? What country did it have the greatest

impact?

What were some characteristics of Agriculture in the

Caribbean during colonial times

Which Caribbean country experienced a devastating

earthquake in January 2010?

Population and Settlement

What percentage of the people in Haiti between the

ages of 15 and 49 are infected with the HIV/AIDS

virus?

What percentage of the Caribbean population

between the ages 15 and 49 has HIV/AIDS?

A) 1%

What islands hold 85% of the population in the

region?

What is the current growth rate in the region?

What factors have contributed to a decline in fertility

rates in the region?

What is the Caribbean diaspora?

Where do many Caribbean peoples emigrate?

Rural-Urban Continuum

When did the region experiences the largest rural to

urban migration?

What shaped early settlement and lifestyle in the

region?

What percentage of the region is considered urban

today?

Most and least urban places

What are some urban environmental issues?

Where do many of the economic migrants to

Caribbean cities live once they reach the urban areas?

Why are squatter settlements absent from Cuba?

Cultural Coherence and Diversity

What is the primary reason that Caribbean colonies

began to turn to indentured labor as a workforce in

the mid-nineteenth century?

From which country did the indentured workers who

migrated to Guyana and Trinidad come?

According to your book hat is creolization?

What are some well-known forms of music closely

associated with the Caribbean?

What is meant by African Diaspora

What were Maroon societies?

What African traditions survived in the Caribbean

because of Maroons?

What is the most common language in the

Caribbean?

Where do we find the largest numbers of religions

tied to the African diaspora?

What are these religions?

(Be sure to look at the religion map!!)

Geopolitical Framework

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?

What is the political status of Puerto Rico?

What is meant by “Life in the American Backyard”

Which Caribbean country has no diplomatic relations

with the U.S.?

What is CARICOM

Economic and Social Development

What type of economy was dominant during colonial

times?

What was the most important crop?

What does “isolated proximity” refer to?

What is the major attraction of offshore banking in

the Caribbean?

As of 2001, how many Free Trade Zones were there

in the Dominican Republic?

Which island originally dominated tourism in this

region?

Which islands are now important?

What is brain drain?

Who does this affect the region?

Which Caribbean country has led the region in its

percentage of highly educated women?