Ch. 6 Caribbean Test Review

The Caribbean Islands lie in the Northern and _____Hemispheres.

• Western

• Eastern

This country has a democracy and is a member of the British Commonwealth.

• Bahamas

• Puerto Rico

• Dominican Republic

The Communist Party controls _____.

• Haiti

• Bahamas

• Dominican Republic

• Cuba

Puerto Rico is a territory of the ____ ____ with a republican form of government.

• United Kingdom

• United States

The national bird of Jamaica is _____.

• palmchat

• red-billed streamertail

Haitian farmers grow sugarcane, cacao, coffee, and mangoes to use and for ____.

• export

• import

What type of climate does the Caribbean region have?

• desert

• tropical

What did coral skeletons harden into on the rocks in Jamaica?

• limestone

• marble

• granite

What is a natural disaster that impacts the Caribbean region?

• glaciers

• tsunamis

• volcanoes

• hurricanes

What caused many animals to go extinct in the Caribbean islands?

• hunting

• reserves

• fishing

• textiles