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Title: The Caribbean


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The Caribbean
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Population
  • 93 of the population lives in Cuba, Dominican
    Republic, Jamaica, Haiti, Trinidad Tobago,
    Guyana, Puerto Rico
  • Lack of sufficient arable land has led to the net
    importation of food.

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Demographic Trends
  • Low rates of population increase during slavery
  • Increase in population after the abolition of
    slavery
  • Leveling off of population growth rates in the
    past 20 years decline in fertility rate

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Emigration
  • Emigration vs. Immigration
  • Caribbean Diaspora
  • Circular Migration
  • Chain Migration

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Slavery
  • Forced migration of at least 10 million African
    slaves from 1500-1800s
  • Source of slaves ranged from Senegal to Angola
  • Creolization of African and European cultures led
    to the creation of Caribbean culture

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Garifuna People
  • Creolization of Africans and Carib Indians
  • Initially formed on St. Vincent but they were
    forcibly moved to the Bay Islands
  • Further migration occurred to Honduras Belize

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Language Music
  • Creole languages
  • English Creole
  • French Creole (Patios)
  • New Languages
  • Papiamento
  • New Caribbean Music
  • Steel Drums
  • Bob Marley

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Offshore Banking
  • Initially began in the Bahamas in the 1920s
  • Bahamas began to decline in dominance in the
    1980s
  • Cayman Islands
  • Negative aspects of offshore banking

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Tourism
  • Began in the late 1800s
  • Cuba The Bahamas were early tourist
    destinations
  • Dominance of larger islands
  • Smaller islands
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