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By: John Stensland and Chelsea Poesch

The Bahamas. By: John Stensland and Chelsea Poesch. Location. The Bahamas are located in the Northwestern hemisphere. The Atlantic ocean and the Caribbean sea surround the Bahamas. Place. Near the Bahamas are the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles.

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By: John Stensland and Chelsea Poesch

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  1. The Bahamas By: John Stensland and Chelsea Poesch

  2. Location • The Bahamas are located in the Northwestern hemisphere. • The Atlantic ocean and the Caribbean sea surround the Bahamas.

  3. Place • Near the Bahamas are the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles. • The Bahamas are low lying islands, which means that they have no mountains and are very flat. • They were formed from coral and dead sea animals. That is why they are so low . The highest point in the Bahamas is only 63 meters high.

  4. Climate • The Bahamas have a very tropical climate which is generally year round nice weather. • They don’t expand to extreme temps. That means that they don’t get off the normal temperatures. • Normally their temperatures are around 70-80 degrees.

  5. Crops • Some crops in the Bahamas are carrots, celery, cabbage, hot peppers, and sweet peppers. • It is very nice to grow crops in the Bahamas, because of the nice weather.

  6. Plants/Trees/Wildlife • Some plants and trees are the Allamanda, Bougainvillea, and Frangipani. Tree- coconut palm, Sea grape tree. Plant- Tamarind. • Wildlife- - Fish- Blackbar soldierfish. Mamal- Seacow (Manatee), dolphins, Jumping turtle, Racoon, land crabs, Hermit Crab

  7. Population/Language/Cities • Population- 354, 563 people in 2011 for the Bahamas. Since 1990, the population has increased by 100,000. • Language- Most Bahamians speak English. • Major Cities- Abaco, Andros, Cat Island, Crooked Island. Capital- Nassau This is the flag of the Bahamas. The main colors are blue, yellow, and black, as you can see

  8. Human/ Environment Relationships • Natural Resources- Salt, Aragonite, Timber (wood), arable land. • Agriculture/industries- crops, poultry, livestock, dairy

  9. Economic Issues/Affects of the Climate for People • Economic Issues (jobs)- The Bahamas are a stable relatively nation. There are not as many good workers as needed though. An example is many unskilled labor jobs. •  Affects of the climate for people: the hot weather brings lots of tourism into the Bahamas. They also have lots of beaches. The beaches are another reason many vacationers come.

  10. ?: What is the point of longitude for the Bahamas • The latitude and longitude for the Bahamas is 25° 5' N 77° 21' W.

  11. Famous People/ Immigration • Debbie Ferguson, Olympian and sprint medalist. Mychal Thompson, former NBA player. Rick Fox, basketball player. Persia White, actress. • Immigration:The Bahamas are basically nationalistic, so they welcome all sorts of people.

  12. Region in the Bahamas • The Bahamas are made of 700 islands plus 2,400 baby cays, although visitors tend to focus on only a handful of the islands. • In the Bahamas, there is a Prime Minister, a Senate, and the House of Assembly. • In the Bahamas, there are 85% black 12% white, and 3% Asian and Hispanic. • A lot of the population of the Bahamas are Christian. Although 32% is Baptist.

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  14. Cuisine (food)/sports • Some food in the Bahamas are crawfish, land crabs, crab with macaroni and cheese, and guava duff (a delicious Bahamian desert) that people from the Bahamas favor. • Here are some of the sports they play: dolphin swimming, scuba diving, fishing , mini sub diving, and sightseeing. Guava Duff

  15. Family life/homes • Families say that there is so much to see and do. “The ocean is amazing from a picture on a postcard, but the view is even better,” is what vacationers say when they visit the Bahamas. • The homes in the Bahamas are very modern and mostly built for the ocean. There are a lot of beach houses, so that means they are right on the ocean. Only some houses are on stilts, though.

  16. Clothing/music/recreational activities • Here are some of there clothing people in the Bahamas wear. Tank tops, swimsuits, thin dresses, flower shirt, jeans, and lots and lots of shorts. • They do a dance culture of junkanoo. Junkanoo means rush. So they like to move quick on their feet for their dance. Their dances are very colorful. • Bahamian tennis player Mark Knowles along with Daniel Nestor (Canadian) won the Men's Doubles the 2002 Australian Open 36 Championship.

  17. Quiz 1.What is the delicious desert that Bahamians favor? 2.What is the ruling race in the Bahamas? 3.What is the latitude and longitude for the Bahamas? 4. What is the dance they do called? 5. What are the homes they live in like? 6. What does the hot weather of the Bahamas bring? 7. What is a natural resource of the Bahamas? 8. What surrounds the Bahamas? 9. What is the average temperatures in the Bahamas? 10. Name 2 of the main crops in the Bahamas.

  18. Answers 1.Guava Duff 2.Black 3. 25° 5' N 77° 21' W. 4.Junkanoo 5.Very modern homes and built for the ocean or sea 6.Much tourism 7. Salt 8. The Caribbean Sea the Atlantic Ocean 9. 70-80 degrees 10. Hot peppers, sweet peppers, carrots, celery, and cabbage

  19. Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Ln73W2RyU&feature=related

  20. Work Cited • www.google.com • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIhk0sfU98s&feature=related • http://www.google.com/search?q=the+bahama+lifestyle+videa&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=aMY&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=X&ei=YAaCTc_hEYfm0gHz3_36Dw&ved=0CBcQvwUoAQ&q=the+bahama+lifestyle+video&spell=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=9a5e52b206472f1f

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