Location and Definitions of the Caribbean Origin of Caribbean — The word ‘Caribbean’ is said to be derived from the indigenous people’s name for themselves‚ ‘Carib’. The term ‘West Indies’ which is often used interchangeably with Caribbean is the name given to the region by Christopher Columbus in 1492. — As with the inexact name of the region so to is there little agreement on what area is included within the Caribbean. Different criteria are used to define the region.
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CARIBBEAN STUDIES UNIT ONE TERRITORIAL UNITS IN THE CARIBBEAN • WHAT IS THE CARIBBEAN Greenwood and Hamber (2003) defines the Caribbean as‚ “all the countries in and around the Caribbean sea that lie within an area that stretches from Grand Bahama Island in the north to Curacao in the south and from French Guiana in the east to Belize in the West. The Wikipedia Encyclopedia defines the Caribbean as‚ “a region of the Americas consisting of the Caribbean Sea‚ its islands (most of which enclose
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Black Caribbean children experience significant disadvantage in the British education system. Discuss In a Guardian article (January 2002) by Diane Abbott‚ MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington‚ she mentions how African and Caribbean children enter the education system doing as well as whites and Asians in tests until they reach the age of 11 when the descent begins. While some people blame gang culture and rap music for the decline of educational achievements amongst black pupils‚ specifically
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Essay In what ways can renewable energy contribute to growth in Caribbean countries? Documentation style: APA High oil prices have negatively affected growth in Caribbean economies and with prices constantly rising‚ the way forward is clear. This is the use of renewable energy instead of oil‚ which will result in many positive effects on the Caribbean and the world at large. Renewable energy is obtained from natural resources‚ such as wind‚ geothermal heats and waves. Unlike oil‚ renewable
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Cultural environment in East Europe countries – Bulgaria Eastern Europe is a region that encompasses many different cultures‚ ethnicities‚ languages‚ and histories. Accorfing to Geert Hofsede the culturale is a conflict source and that the cultural differences are a disaster most of the times. Hofstede has created a cultural dimensions theory which represents a framework for cross-cultural communication. According to Hofstede‚ these framework describes the effects of a society’s culture on
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Caribbean Studies Definitions Term | Definition | Tectonic activity | Earth movements that impact and influence the surface of the earth resulting in earthquakes‚ volcanic activity and mountain building are when plate margins interact with each other. | ENSO | El Niño- Southern Oscillation. El nin͂o refers to the warming of the sea surface in the equatorial Pacific‚ which leads to the atmospheric changes known as the Southern Oscillation and rainfall and temperature variations globally. |
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Caribbean Basin Initiative The title is a play are words itself which alludes to the United States initiative to stimulate certain countries Caribbean economy . The CBI which is externally a imposed solution is contrasted with the initiative of individuals- in this case the Haitian people who from time to time choose the dangerous route to migration in small open boats. The poem begins with an epigraph from Mary Kingsley when the quotation creates an image of travelers in small boats‚ that it would
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Hee (Hailey) Baker ESL 053 October 9‚ 2013 Living in a Foreign Country People migrate to a different country in hopes of improving their life style. It may be to provide a better life for their family or to accomplish one’s dream. Whatever the reason may be‚ one brings dreams and hopes to the new world hoping to have a better life than what they already have. When people just think of visiting a foreign country‚ curiosity and excitement comes to mind. That is because you will be
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There are various types of Caribbean family forms. The emergence of the different family types was largely due to historical influences that shape Caribbean civilization; such as racial diversity‚ ethnicity‚ social class‚ African cultural retention‚ legacy of Plantation slavery‚ and culture of poverty (Herskovits‚ Lewis‚ Clarke‚ Smith). Caribbean society has grown into an international mixture of different races and ethnic groups that construct their reality in the Caribbean. This mixture has resulted
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The integration movement in the Caribbean has been envisioned in days as far back as the West Indian Federation (the original CARICOM) where diverse Caribbean states joined with the intention of creating a political unit that would become independent from Britain as a single state‚ much like the successful Canadian Federation. This short-lived attempt at regional integration unfortunately collapsed before any real development could be made. The reincarnation of this motion‚ however‚ occurred in 1973
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