GEOG 202 Mastering Geography- Caribbean

In your estimation, what percentage of Plymouth was inhabited at the time this image was captured?

0%

The highest elevation of Haiti is between _______.

2000-3999 meters

The greatest range of elevation in Guyana is ______.

2000-4000 meters

How many free trade zones are currently operational in the Dominican Republic?

70

Which of these countries probably derives the most tourist dollars from visitors who want to spend time in a relatively dry climate? Dominican Republic Cuba Aruba Jamaica Belize

Aruba

Which of these countries would be the most likely source of migrants to Canada?

Aruba, Jamaica, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago

Along coastal Suriname and Guyana the dominant ethnic group is _________, while in the interior of these countries it is ____________.

Asiatic/African, Indian

Whats the capital of St. Kitts and Nevis?

Bassaterre

Why does Cuba, which witnessed a surge in both tourism and prostitution in the 1990s, have one of the lowest HIV/AIDS infection rates among the 15-49-year-old population in the Caribbean?

Because of HIV/AIDS education programs and HIV/AIDS health screening and reporting system for the disease

Which of these countries probably derives the most tourist dollars from visitors who want to see untouched tropical rain forests? Cuba Dominican Republic Jamaica Belize Suriname

Belize

Among the countries of the Rimland, which one had the most nonresident tourists in 2011?

Belize (250,000 nonresident tourists)

Whats the capital of Belize?

Belmopan

Whats the capital of Barbados?

Bridgetown

Whats the capital of St. Lucia

Castries

Whats a city in French Guiana?

Cayenne

Which city has the highest annual precipitation?

Cayenne

According to the map, what has replaced the tropical forests in the Greater Antilles?

Cropland

Which country is part of Latin American Free Trade Agreement (LAFTA)?

Cuba

Which pair of countries is separated by a tectonic plate boundary?

Cuba and Haiti

What countries are part make up the Greater Antilles?

Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico

Which country is part of Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)? Belize Jamaica Cuba Dominican Republic Haiti

Dominican Republic

Which of these countries has the largest expanse of high-elevation land?

Dominican Republic

Which of these countries receives the greatest number of tourists annually? Jamaica Bahamas Cuba Dominican Republic Puerto Rico

Dominican Republic

Which Caribbean country had the most nonresident tourists in 2011?

Dominican Republic (4,306,000 nonresident tourists)

Which two languages are spoken on the majority of the islands in the Lesser Antilles?

English and French

What European power colonized Haiti?

France

Whats the capital of Guyana?

Georgetown

Which country attracts migrants from the most countries and territories in the Caribbean region?

Great Britain

Which of these countries is not part of the Greater Antilles?

Guadeloupe

Which of these physical features lies the farthest south?

Guiana Highlands

Part of which Caribbean country is claimed by Venezuela?

Guyana

Which of the following countries has the largest amount of its territory claimed by another nation?

Guyana

Which country is predominantly French speaking as well as ethnically African and European/African?

Haiti

Which of the following countries has the highest overall population density? Guyana Haiti Belize Suriname Dominican Republic

Haiti

Which country of the Greater Antilles had the fewest nonresident tourists?

Haiti (349,000 nonresident tourists)

Whats the capital of Cuba?

Havana

Why is the northern part of Montserrat the location of the majority of the remaining population?

It is sheltered somewhat from volcanic activity by a ridge of higher ground in the middle of the country.

Which Caribbean country received the highest remittances per capita in 2011?

Jamaica

Which of these countries is not part of the Lesser Antilles?

Jamaica

Whats the capital of Jamaica?

Kingston

Whats the capital of St. Vincent and the Grenadines?

Kingstown

What city in the Lesser Antilles appears to be at the greatest risk from a volcanic eruption?

Le Morne Rouge, Martinique

The Antillean Volcanic Arc is located closest to which of these physical features?

Lesser Antilles

Whats the capital of Bahamas?

Nassau

If you live in the Caribbean, which country's weather patterns do you want to keep an eye on during hurricane season?

Nigeria

Most of the inhabitants of Trinidad and Tobago reside on the _____ side of the island.

Northwest

In Cuba, the greatest area of coastal pollution correlates with which economic activity?

Oil Production

Whats the capital of Suriname?

Paramaribo

What is the correct order of these cities from south to north?

Port of Spain, Castries, Roseau, San Juan, Nassau

Whats the capital of Haiti?

Port-au-Prince

Whats the capital of Trinidad and Tobago?

Port-of-Spain

Which Dominican Republic city has both an international airport and an international seaport and is the site of an FTZ?

Puerto Plata

Which of these countries may have lost the most potential income from tourists who travel to the region to see untouched tropical forests? Suriname French Guiana Guyana Puerto Rico Belize

Puerto Rico

Whats the capital of Dominica?

Roseau

Whats the capital of Puerto Rico?

San Juan

Which of these cities is not a national capital?

San Juan

Which of these cities has the most even distribution of precipitation on an annual basis?

San Juan In most months, the precipitation in Puerto Rico is about 5 inches. The month with the lowest precipitation has about 3 inches, and the month with the highest precipitation has about 6 inches

Whats the capital of Dominican Republic?

Santo Domino

What is the most common language spoken in the Greater Antilles, based on the number of countries where people speak that language?

Spanish

Whats the capital of Grenada?

St. George's

Whats the capital of Antigua and Barbuda?

St. John's

During the colonial era, Haiti was the world's leading producer of what product?

Sugarcane During their peak, these plantations produced as much as 90% of the sugar consumed in Western Europe.

A portion of French Guiana is claimed by which of the following countries?

Suriname

In which of the countries on the map is Dutch the official language?

Suriname

How does the average income of workers in the sugarcane fields today compare to that of the average Haitian?

The average income of workers in the sugarcane fields today is approximately double what the average Haitian earns currently. (Jacques earned only $5 a day)

Why has CARICOM produced limited improvements in interregional trade?

The predominance of the English language among CARICOM states limits interregional cooperation with non-English speaking territories in the Caribbean. The predominance of English-speaking territories in CARICOM illustrates the deep linguistic divides in the Caribbean.

What statement most accurately portrays the tectonic realities that contributed to the 2010 Haitian earthquake?

There is a transform boundary just north of Hispaniola.

Which of the following countries of the Caribbean has the lowest rate of net emigration?

Turks and Caicos with 17.3 The country with the lowest rate of net emigration is the one that has the highest number.

What are the origins of Voodoo?

Voodoo originated in the religious practices of western Africa that were brought to Haiti by slaves. Haitian Voodoo is a syncretic religion incorporating practices and symbolism from various West African peoples as well as Roman Catholicism.

Which of the following individuals is the most likely example of "brain gain" in the Caribbean?

a husband and wife who worked as doctors in London and retired to the Bahamas Brain gain occurs when college-educated migrants return to their home countries in the Caribbean.

Which of the following workers would be employed in a free trade zone?

a young woman sewing sleeves on a sweatshirt

What is the approximate distance between Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and the nearest tectonic plate boundary?

about 100 miles

How many countries or territories in the Greater Antilles have had their tropical forests destroyed?

all five

Which of the following types of sites are found in the same province as Santo Domingo?

an FTZ, an international seaport, and an international airport

What was the primary volcanic hazard that affected the towns of Plymouth and Richmond Hill?

ash fall

Why is seasonality in the Caribbean defined more by rainfall than by temperature?

because of the tropical location of the region. Climate is uniformly warm.

What caused the severe depletion of biological resources in the Caribbean?

colonization and global trade

In which direction does the prevailing wind blow in the tropics?

east to west

The most likely historical reason why Indians are not a dominant ethnic group in this country is _________.

large-scale decline of the Indian population due to disease and warfare

Who created a howler monkey preserve in Belmopan, Belize?

local farmers

Which of these phrases best describe the location of the cities identified on the climate map of the Caribbean?

located north of the equator and south of the Tropic of Cancer.

Which of these do you think is the least likely factor in determining the location of Guyana's major industrial center?

proximity to the source of raw materials so they can be processed on site

Which of these countries is probably least reliant on agriculture as an economic base? Dominican Republic Cuba Trinidad and Tobago the Bahamas Haiti

the Bahamas

What is the name of the tectonic plate on which Haiti is located?

the Caribbean Plate

U.S. neocolonialism has its roots in which of the following policies?

the Monroe Doctrine The Monroe Doctrine claimed that the United States would not tolerate European military involvement in the Western Hemisphere, and the U.S. government made it clear that the Caribbean was part of this region.

What is the most common destination for migrants from Suriname?

the Netherlands

Why did Maroons most often establish their villages in remote areas of the interior regions of the Caribbean?

to maintain their freedom. As escaped slaves, the safety and continued freedom of the Maroons depended on staying away from populated areas where colonizers would capture and re-enslave them.

What is the typical order of stages of hurricanes?

tropical depression, tropical storm, hurricane, tropical storm, extratropical storm

The largest population cluster in Haiti lies in a ___ climate, while the largest population cluster in the Puerto Rico lies in a ___ climate.

tropical savanna, tropical wet

In which direction does the prevailing wind blow in the midlatitudes, north of the tropics?

west to east