The Caribbean Region
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Puerto Rico is part of the Greater Antilles, a group of the four largest islands in the Caribbean. The Lesser Antilles are the largest island group in number, with several hundred islands. Some of the islands resemble the low sand and coral islands of the Bahamas, but others are made of the earth's crust, with mountains and minerals like the Greater Antilles. Montserrat is an island that has had many eruptions from a still active volcano. It is in a group of islands known as the Leeward Islands, also in the Lesser Antilles. Antigua and Barbuda is a Commonwealth country made up of the two islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and several smaller ones. It is also located in the Leeward Islands, where the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea meet. San Salvador Island is the island that many believe was the first land that Columbus sighted while on his first expedition. It is an island and district of the Bahamas in the Caribbean region.
Date of Article: September 9th, 2017
Headline: West Indies Island Group, Atlantic Ocean
Author: Bridget M. Brereton, Colin Graham Clarke
Source of the Article: Britannica
1. Physiographic: The science of physical geography
2. Alignment: An adjustment to a line, arrangement in a line,
3. Submerge: To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
4. Heterogeneous: diverse in character or content
5. Creole: a mother tongue formed from the contact of two languages through an earlier pidgin stage.
Summary:
Who: The article includes the population of the West Indies, who were descended from plantation slaves that were Spanish, French, British, Dutch or African. 40% of the population are South Asian, a majority of the population, specially on islands such as Trinidad & Tobago. They speak creole languages, which are a blend of all the languages that creates a language of itself.
What: The article is about all the islands of the West Indies, including the Greater Antilles, the Islands of the North American and South American Shelves, the various animal inhabitants, and the climate of the islands.
When: This article takes place in the present day or era.
Where: The events in the article are located in the Atlantic Ocean, in the Caribbean Region, more specifically the West Indies.
1. Why was it that some islands of the West Indies spoke pure languages, but others had combinations of many languages, or creole languages?
2. What are the historical and cultural ties mentioned that lead to Bermuda, although not technically being part of the West Indies, being considered so?
3. How did the South Asians and the Chinese migrate to the West Indies?
How did the South Asians and the Chinese migrate to the West Indies?
Indians from Asia were transported to islands such as Trinidad to work on rail construction projects in the West Indies by the British. The British transportes around 2 million workers from 1834 to the end of World War One. They were called indentured workers, http://www.striking-women.org/module/map-major-south-asian-migration-flows/indentured-labour-south-asia-1834-1917
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