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Capital of Jamaica |
Kingston |
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Capital of Haiti |
Port au Prince |
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Capital of Dominican republic |
Santo Domingo |
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Capital of Puerto Rico |
San Juan |
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Capital of Cuba |
Havana |
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Italian navigator who sailed for Spain and discovered America |
Columbus |
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Spanish rulers who financed the courage of Columbus |
Ferdinand and Isabella |
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First explorer to view the Pacific ocean |
Balboa |
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Explorer who renamed the south sea the Pacific ocean because it seemed calm |
Magellan |
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Freed black slave from the US who went to Jamaica to preach the gospel |
George Liele |
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English scientist and Christian who left money in his will to spread the gospel to foreign lands |
Robert Boyle |
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Leader of the Moravians who encouraged missionaries to go to the west Indies |
Count von Zinzendorf |
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Friend of John Wesley and founder of Methodist missions |
Thomas Coke |
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Leader who brought communism to Cuba making it the first communist dictatorship in the western hemisphere |
Fidel Castro |
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Former major in Castro's army who was imprisoned for his stand against communism in Cuba |
Huber Matos |
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What happened on October 12,1492? Where did this happen? |
Columbus discovered America; San Salvador |
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Who met Columbus on the island of San Salvador? What other tribe did he meet? |
The Arawak; the Carib |
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Where does the name Caribbean sea come from? What does it mean? |
The Carib; canoe |
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What was the first European city in the Americas? |
Isabela |
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Where is mount pelee located? When did it erupt? |
Martinique; 1902 |
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Which group of the west Indies island are made of coral? What are coral reefs? |
The Bahamas; colorful formations created by millions of polyps |
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What is the main product of the west Indies? |
Sugar |
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What is the highest peak in the west Indies? Where is it located? |
Pico Duarte; Dominican republic |
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What US national park is located in the west Indies? |
Virgin islands national park |
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Which island is a leading producer of nutmeg and other sources? What nickname has been given to this island? |
Windward islands; isle of spice |
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What do atheists believe? What system of government is atheistic? |
There is no God; communism |
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What is rationing of food? Why did this happen in Cuba a country with rich farmland? |
People were given a fixed daily allowance of food; communism |
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Largest shell found in American waters |
Conch |
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Sea mammal; small whale |
Dolphin |
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Fish with spearlike snoutup to two feet long |
Marlin |
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Smallest Bird |
Bee hummingbird |
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This island is the only part of the US Columbus ever visited; it's residents are US citizens |
Virgin islands |
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This island whose name means island of springs is a member of the commonwealth of nations |
Jamaica |
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The country is the second oldest independent nation in the western hemisphere |
Haiti |
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This is the most mountainous country of the west Indies |
Dominican republic |
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This island of the Bahamas is probably where Columbus first landed in the new world |
San Salvador |
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These islands are the only US possession where people drive on the left |
US virgin islands |
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This island is the farthest east of all the west Indies islands |
Barbados |
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This is the second largest west Indies island divided into two countries |
Hispaniola |
