February 19th, 2018
Green Group D1, B2
Hispaniola (Haita and Dominican Republic)
Headline: West Indies Island Group, Atlan
Author: Bridget M. Brenton and Colin Graham Clarke
Source of the Article: Encyclopedia Britannica
1. Physiographic-defining the Earth's landforms into distinct regions
2. Occidental-Meaning "western" in French and Spanish
3. Creole- A person of mixed European and black descent, especially in the Caribbean
Who: Most of the population came from African slaves or from Spainsh, French, British, or Dutch colonists or is of mixed ethnicity. The West Indies' Creole languages evolved from pidgin variants of European languages. Many languages are spoken here, such as blends of French, English, Spanish, and Papiamentu, a Spanish-Dutch (Netherlandic)-Portuguese- English creole.
What: These paragraphs are are about islands in the Caribbean, some of these islands include The Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and Hispaniola.
When: Although there is no really specific time that this article states, it does mention that it is after the Cretaceous time period.
Where: This article takes place in the Caribbean, West Indies region.
1. That's crazy that it was the cretaceous time period. That was a while ago.
2. I never noticed how many islands there were in that region, there are so many and its crazy to think about.
3. I thought that the West Indies were closer to Indonesia, not Cuba.
