Caribbean Islands

by: Audrey D.

2/15/18

Blue Group

Information about islands in 3 island groups:

My blob map shows how Cuba , Montserrat , Bahamas , and Jamaica are all part of the West Indies. In present day Cuba there are people that are Sharan African and people that are Afro-Cuban. In Montserrat the majority of the population is from African descent but there is still some East Indian and European ancestry. Lots of different ethnicities live in the West Indies.

Date of Article: September 19, 2017

Headline: West Indies Island Group, Atlantic Ocean

Author: Bridget M. Breteon, and Colin Graham Clarke

Source of the Article: Encyclopedia Brittanica

3 Vocab Words:

1.Maritime: connected with the sea, especially in relation to seafaring commercial or military activity

2. Windward: facing the wind or on the side facing the wind

3. Impoverishment: the process of becoming poor; loss of wealth

Summary:

Who: The population in the West Indies is made mostly of African slaves and French, British, Dutch, and Spanish colonists.

What: The West Indies are a group of cresent-shaped islands that are off the coast of Florida.

When: This is happening right now in the modern world.

Where: In the Caribbean Islands in the West Indies in the world.

Why: The reason there are so many different ethnicities in the West Indies is because many people came from many different places in the world and settled there and began a new life.

I Wonder Questions:

1. Why did so many people choose to come to the West Indies?

2. Did they have palm trees in the West Indies?

3. What type of houses did the settlers build in the West Indies?

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