5 Themes of Geography: Caribbean Presentation

1. 5 Themes of Geography:Caribbean Presentation PowerPoint Created By: Ray Gerhart, Brett Holliday Ashley Liss, Allison Smith and Danny Ziegler

2. Location • 88° W to 58° W • 11° N to 26° N • South of Florida • East of Mexico • Surrounded by Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean

3. Place – Physical • Tempature is in the 70's year round • Average rainfall is 80 inches per year • Houseyards - Small properties less than half an acre in the Caribbean • Dry basin in western Hispanolia • Hurricanes - Storm of heavy rain and fierce wind beginning in July • Tropical fruit trees for example coconut trees • IntertropicalConvergency Zone • Tropical Rainforests

4. Place • Caribbean English - Slang influenced form the diverse culture • Religion blended from Umbanda, Macuba, Candomble, and Voodoo • Languages spoken are... • Spanish, spoken mainly in Cuba and the Dominican Republic • French, spoken in Haiti and French Guiana • English, spoken mainly in Jamaica, Belize, and the Bahamas • Dutch, spoken in Suriname

5. Place • Music; Reggae, Calypso, Merengue, and Zouk • Maroon Societies, Made up of runaway slaves • Creolization - Blending of African and European cultural elements • Ra-Ra, Type of music in Haiti that mixes funk and reggae music with saxophones and bamboo trumpets • Rastafarian religion - Believing "Jah" was the living force and "Ganja" should be consumed regularly • African Diaspora - Blended slaves from Africa with Caribbean culture.

6. Movement • People • Imported Slaves • Left because of limited economic opportunity • Went to England France Netherlands and north America ( US and Canada) for jobs in cities • Circle migration flow • Parents leave, work hard, save money and return home • Chain migration • Move to a new country one family member at a time

7. Movement • Rural to urban migration because of mechanized agriculture offshore industrialization, and rapid population growth • Moved to Caribbean looking for farm worklooking for House yards- provided a cheaper way of living • Asian Migration • Maroons- runaway slaves that formed their own communities

8. Interaction Between Humans and the Environment

9. Region - Physical • Isolated proximity • Isolation protects cultural diversity • Limited economic opportunities • Neighboring the United States • Dependency on U.S • Connections to transnational organizations

10. Region - Physical • Greater Antilles • Islands that have the bulk of the region’s population • Arable Lands • Refuge for run away slaves and subsitence farmers

11. Region - Physical • Lesser Antilles • Two-arc group of small islands formed from the Virgin Islands to Trinidad • Areas rage from mountains to volcanoes to sedimentary basins

12. Region - Physical • Rimland States: Costal Area • Starts in Belize • Follows the coast line of Central America through northern South America • Descriptions • Belize (Limestone) • Guianas (rolling hills)

13. Region - Cultural • Plantation America • Begins halfway up the coast of Brazil, continuing through Guianas and the Caribbean • Ruined the cultural capacity of the region

14. Region - Cultural • Plantation America • Begins halfway up the coast of Brazil, continuing through Guianas and the Caribbean • Ruined the cultural capacity of the region

15. Region - Political • Cuban-style socialism • Democratically-elected leader • Socialist-like gov’t

16. Region - Economic Free Trade Agreement of the Americas