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44 Cards in this Set
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What is the name for the islands in the Caribe? What are the three groups?
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Las Antillas
Las Grandes Antillas, Las Pequenas Antillas, y Las Bahamas |
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Which islands make up the large antillas?
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Cuba, Puerto Rico, La Espanola, y Jamacia
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Which island is the largest and closest to NA?
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cuba
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Which two countries make up espanola?
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Haiti y Republica Dominicana
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What is the smallest island?
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Puerto Rico
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What is the topography of the islands? What are they above?
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They are mountainous and are above undersea mountain range
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What is the climate of the Caribe?
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Tropical y subtropical en the mountains
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What are the two seasons? When are hurricanes?
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seca (nov-may)
humeda (june-oct)--hurricanes |
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What is the vegetation like? popular crops?
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exuberant--sugar cane, coffe, tobaco
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What is the location of haiti & DR? What lang do they speak?
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haiti--occidental, french
DR--oriental, spanish |
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What did the indigeneous call espanola? It means...
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Quisqueya--madre de todas las tierras
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Who discovered espanola? When?
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Christopher Colombus in 1492
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Who were the first inhabitents of espanola? Their name means..
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Tainos--the good ones
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Why did the tainos disappear under spanish rule?
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wars and abuses
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What was the basis of economy in espanola under spanish?
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agriculutre, sugar cane plantations
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Who did the spanish get to work the plantations?
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Africans
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Who was drake
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a pirate who attacked espanola
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How did DR get independence?
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There were diplomatic disputes between US, Spain, & France
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What are Puerto Ricans citizens of? How/Why?
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The US because of the Spanish American War
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What did the tainos or indigenas name Puerto Rico? What does it mean?
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Borinquen--tierra del altivo senor
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When did the spanish arrive in PR?
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Columbus' second trip
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Who was the governor of PR & what name did he give it?
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Juan Ponce de Leon, Isla de San Juan Bautista became name of capital city
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Why did the indigenous population in PR disappear?
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battles, abuse, y sickness
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What caused the mix of cultures and races in PR?
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The spanish allowed marriages between tainos, spanish, and africans
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Is PR a country
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no it is a commenwealth of the US
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What are the political groups in PR?
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independistas, populares (like it how it is), y estadistsa
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What is Cuba known as?
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La perla de las antillas, most important spanish colony in el Caribe
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When did the Spanish arrive in Cuba
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During Columbus' first trip
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Did the Cubans intially want independence from Spain
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No
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How did Cuba gain independence?
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During the Spanish American war
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Who were heros of the war for independence?
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Jose Marti and Antonio Maceo
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What happened in Cuba in 1959?
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Fidel Castro over through dictator Fulgencio Batista to become a communist ruler
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What is the most pretty city in Cuba?
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Habana
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What was the purpose of the city for the spanish?
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To protect the americas from attacks by the english and dutch
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What was Habana the center of? What important buildings does it have?
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arte and culture
cathedral, and castles |
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What is the most ancient city in the Americas?
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Santo Domingo in DR
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What important monument is in Santo Domingo? When was it built?
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el Faro a modern monument celebrating Columbus built in 1992
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What was the controversy over the Faro in DR?
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It is very extravagent and the surrounding neighborhoods are poor
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What is the important monument in San Juan? What is it?
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Las Cuevas Camuy--a natural monument of underwater caverns
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What is the most important food in the Caribe? What is it called in different places?
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arroz con frijoles--DR
arroz con habichuelas--PR moros y cristianos--Cuba |
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What are other important foods?
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Lechon asado y frutas tropicales
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What sport is popular in DR?
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Baseball
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What city in DR sends many players to the big leagues?
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San Pedro de Macoris
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Who are some important DR players?
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Sammy Sosa, Alfanso Soriano, Pedro Martinez
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