The West Indies: the carribian regions

Maddie J

2/20/18

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Cuba : is the largest islnad in the Caribbean regions.

Puerto Rico : Spanish, and English are two maine languages spoken on the island.

Nevis : Did you know Alexander Hamilton grew up on the island of Nevis.

Bahamas : dering the 15th, and 16th century pirents were known for stopping there.




Date of Article: 2018

Headline: West Indies

Author: Colin Graham Clarke, and Bridget M. Brereton

Source of the Article: https://www.britannica.com/place/West-Indies-Island-group-Atlantic-Ocean




3 vocabulary words:

1. Plantation: An area that has consists of growing plants.

2.Rodents: A mammal such as a rat, or mouse.

3.Creole: A person of mixed European and black descent, especially in the caribbean.




Summary:

Who: There were slaves, mainly from Africa. other slaves may have been Spanish, French, British, or Dutch. Also there were some Europeans.

What: The West Indies are made up of islanda, they reange from alll sorts of different shapes, and sizes. They are spread out over long distances.

When: This artical was in the prespective from the olden days. but they look almost the same as they do now. But the artical takes place back then and a little bit in the 21st centry.

Where: The West Indies that contains the Caribian, Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, and Puetrto Rico.

Why: There were mixed cultures there because people were coming from all over especially the slaves. Also people wanted to discover other parts of the world.




"I Wonder Questions"

1.I wonder if there was one race or kind of people that had a bigger population than the others?

2.I wonder what would happen if Cuba was not there. Because it was the largest of all the islands?

3.I wonder who was the first person to discover the West Indies?




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