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    Caribbean Studies Notes

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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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    Growth of Slavery

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    because of rich white men in England that did not wish to do the work themselves but instead hired slaves to farm the crops while the rich man would reap the benefits of the profits. Slavery in the southern colonies occurred because the soil of the Bahamas was worn down by previous crops. Economic factors encouraged slavery the way it did because of its free labor. Indentured servants cost a lot of money because the master would be required to give them a boat ride to America and give them land after

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    Ruth Chris Essay

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    Questions: Ruth’s Chris 1. What did Hannah do to make the first cut to 35 potential new markets? Which variables seemed more important in his decision-making? Which unused variables might have been useful? Hannah and his team looked at product development‚ diversification‚ penetration and market development as a strategy for entering (a) market. They decided on the market development model or adding more of the same restaurants in new markets. One of the primary indicators used to determine

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    Schultz ”Columbus and his crew sighted land in the present-day Bahamas. As we seen source one it does not give the complete information of where Columbus exactly landed‚ but it does describe what they saw for example “the crew of the Pinta saw a cane and a log‚ The crew of the Nina saw other signs of land‚ and a stalk loaded with rose berries”. This helps us picture how it looked when Columbus arrived to the Bahamas. Equally important is HIST4 stated “ Columbus returned to Spain shortly

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    country? Answer: * The Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda‚ Bahamas‚ Barbados‚ Belize‚ Dominica‚ Grenada‚ Guyana‚ Jamaica‚ St. Kitts & Nevis‚ St. Lucia‚ St. Vincent & the Grenadines‚ Trinidad & Tobago * Australia and Oceania: Australia‚ Fiji‚ New Zealand‚ Tuvalu * North America: Canada‚ the U.S 2. What present day countries were once part of the colonies? Answer: The US‚ Canada‚ Austraili‚ New Zealandm Jamaica‚ Bahamas. 3. Why did the imperialist country establish the colonies

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    voyage. He was able to convince Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain to pay for the trip. He set sail on August 12‚ 1492 with three ships named the Nina‚ the Pinta‚ and the Santa Maria. On October 12‚ 1492 land was found. It was an island in the Bahamas that Columbus would name San Salvador. Christopher Columbus died in May 20‚ 1506. He died never knowing he landed in a new land called America. Leif Erikson is the explorer who discovered America. He landed in America about 5 centuries before Christopher

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    once was before all the tragedy. I deserved to be happy‚ that’s what my mother told me and my sister before we left to study abroad. Since I have came to Denver‚ I have noticed that their culture is totally different from our culture in the Bahamas because they do not cook as much as Bahamians do and they smile a lot and some them are very friendly. I might miss my homeland and Bahamian food sometimes but I like the place where I am at today because I feel more at peace with myself than

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    Hurricane Sandy

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    landfall near Kingston‚ Jamaica‚ a few hours later‚ re-emerged into the Caribbean Sea and strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane. On October 25‚ Sandy hit Cuba‚ then weakened to a to Category 1 hurricane. Early on October 26‚ Sandy moved through the Bahamas‚ and later began exhibiting both tropical and extra tropical characteristics. On October 27‚ Sandy briefly weakened to a tropical storm and then strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane. Early on October 29‚ Sandy curved north-northwest and became an

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    Caribbean Destination

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    that delineate the eastern and northern edges of the Caribbean Sea. We can divide the Caribbean into six destination groupings. The first two‚ Bermuda and the Bahamas‚ aren’t even part of the Caribbean‚ though many think of them as such. Bermuda is way off in the Atlantic‚ at about the same latitude as Charleston‚ South Carolina‚ and the Bahamas is a string of 700 hundreds islands that stretches southeastward from Florida into the Atlantic. Geographers label the third cluster the Greater Antilles. Just

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    How to Pack a Suitcase

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    time to plan a trip‚ but where to? A mini vacation to the Bahamas for five days via Carnival Cruise will have to do. Just thinking about the process of packing a suitcase is a headache. Packing a suitcase is not so hard‚ especially when you have the proper steps to complete this task. Packing a suitcase requires one to be organized and prepared. First‚ it starts off to where you are going; in this case to the warm and beautiful Bahamas. The trip is going to be for five days; five days equals one

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