I. Introduction Caribbean Area 2‚754‚000 km2 (1‚063‚000 sq mi) Land area 239‚681 km2 (92‚541 sq mi) Population (2009) 39‚169‚962 Density 151.5 /km2 Ethnic groups Afro-Caribbean‚ European‚ Indo-Caribbean‚ Chinese Caribbean‚[2] Amerindians (Arawak‚ Caribs‚ Taínos) Demonym West Indian‚ Caribbean person‚ Caribbean Languages Spanish‚ English‚ French‚ Dutch‚ among others Government 13 sovereign states; 17 dependent territories Largest cities Santo Domingo Havana Santiago de los Caballeros Port-au-Prince
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Jamaica - Population density Population density (people per sq. km of land area) The value for Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in Jamaica was 249.91 as of 2011. As the graph below shows‚ over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 249.91 in 2011 and a minimum value of 152.53 in 1961. Definition: Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population‚ which counts all
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A Review of The Columbian Exchange By: Justin Hogan The Columbian Exchange‚ by Alfred W. Crosby‚ is an in-depth look at the biological and cultural consequences of Columbus’s discovery of the New World. The Columbian Exchange focuses on the negative aspects of the European exploration and exploitation of the Americas and Europe. Alfred W. Crosby focused on the dependence of different foods‚ the changes in lifestyles‚ and the effects that the European flora and fauna had on the New World‚ changing
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Republic ¡Bienvenidos a la Republica Dominicana! Home to nearly 10 million people‚ with 1 million living in its capital‚ Santo Domingo‚ the Spanish-speaking Dominican Republic is the second largest Caribbean nation. It shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti‚ and lies 947 miles from the state of Florida. It is a popular tourist destination‚ and is in fact is the most popular in the Caribbean. But beyond the tourism and attractions‚ there are millions of citizens with health concepts nobody
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“The American Holocaust: Columbus and the Conquest of the New World” 1. Life in the big cities of Europe was rough time. There was a lot of violence‚ squalor‚ treachery and intolerance. There was outbreaks of plague and smallpox‚ also many people contracted measles‚ influenza‚ typhoid fever and many more illnesses during this time. In-migration was when the Europeans from the countryside moved to the city to replenish the population that died due to illnesses. If people from the countryside didn’t
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Introduction Composing part of the Greater Antilles‚ the island of Hispaniola is inhabited by the nation of Haiti‚ occupying the western third of the region‚ and the Dominican Republic‚ encompassing the remaining two-thirds of land to the east. Geographically speaking‚ Haiti and the Dominican Republic are nearly identical with very little variation in average rainfall‚ climate‚ and oceanic access. Unsurprisingly‚ given their adjacency‚ both countries possess a high degree of ethnolinguistic homogeneity
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AP UNITED STATES HISTORY‚ 2013-14 EUGENIA LANGAN‚ TEACHER SUMMER ASSIGNMENT This summer assignment is due on the first day of class of the 2013-14 school year. It will count as a test grade. Failure to turn the assignment in on time may result in your being booted out of AP.Your answers must be typed.Be sure to read the questions carefully and answer all subquestions within each question. 1. Read 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles Mann‚ then write the answers
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occupied by both Tainos and Kalinagos. In time‚ the Kalinagos came to control the islands of the Lesser Antilles‚ for example Dominica and St. Vincent while the Tainos who had fled further upwards came to control the Greater Antilles‚ Jamaica‚ Cuba‚ Hispaniola and the Bahamas. Both groups shared the island of Puerto Rico. Now that we know what islands they settled on let us look at the areas on these islands that they concentrated on. The Tainos settled near the coasts or streams and rivers‚ for example
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Brazil in 1500. The Spanish‚ who were jealous of the Portuguese success in the Spice Islands‚ were furious at the Portuguese exploring the Americas. The Spanish had begun their exploration of the Americas with Christopher Columbus’ discovery of Hispaniola in 1492. To prevent conflict between Spain and Portugal Pope Alexander VI authorized the treaty of Tordesillas‚ which split the world outside of Europe between the Spanish and the Portuguese along a north-south meridian approximately 1000 miles
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Chapter 1: New World Beginnings Vocabulary 1. Marco Polo: Marco Polo was an Italian explorer who spent several years in China. When he returned in 1295‚ there became a sudden interest in finding a quicker route to Asia. Polo‚ along with father Niccolo and his uncle Maffeo‚ was among the first westerners to travel the Silk Road. 2. Francisco Pizarro: Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who conquered the Incas located in Peru‚ in 1532. He claimed land from Panama to Peru for
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