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Jamaica!

By: Schneider & Schlough. Jamaica!. Animals. The Cane toad is nocturnal!. The Jamaican Yellow Boa is the island's largest native terrestrial predator .

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Jamaica!

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  1. By: Schneider & Schlough Jamaica!

  2. Animals • The Cane toad is nocturnal! The Jamaican Yellow Boa is the island's largest native terrestrial predator  The Red-Billed Streamertail, also known as the Doctor Bird, is the most abundant and  widespread member of the hummingbird family

  3. Authors • Claudia Rankine is a poet and wrote Nothing in Nature is Private. • Sylvia Wynter wrote the play Under the Sun with her husband Jan Carew. • Roger Mais wrote George William Gordon which was published in the 1940’s

  4. Culture • Jamaica’s primary language is English, The primary local language is patois, or Jamaican Creole. • The native inhabitants of the Caribbean region, including Jamaica, are the Arawaks. • It is considered rude to chew gum or kiss in public. • The population is 90 percent black, 1 percent East Indian, and 7 percent mixed, with a few whites and Chinese.

  5. History • When Christopher Columbus arrived at the island, and claimed it for Spain, but it wasn’t colonized, even after his death. • The native inhabitants of the Caribbean region, including Jamaica, are the Arawaks. • In 1872, Kingston became the capital city.

  6. Government • Jamaica is a parliamentary democracy, based on a system from the British. • Some people want the voting age in Jamaica to be 16, but currently it is 18. • The Jamaican government consists of two houses: the Senate (or Upper House) and the House of Representatives (the Lower House)

  7. Education • They have a free education until primary school. • Based on the British education system. • Four levels: Pre-Primary (kindergarten), Primary (elementary), Secondary (middle/high school), and Higher Education (college etc.).

  8. BIBLIOGRAPHY!!!! • http://psychology.msu.edu/MichiganJamaicaExchange/jamaican_reptiles.htm • http://www.cockpitcountry.com/yellowboa.php • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Jamaica • http://www.everyculture.com/Ja-Ma/Jamaica.html

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