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physical: warm temperatures (70 degrees) all year round , dirverse flora and fauna, abundant rainfall Intertropical convergance zone Hurricanes forests savannas and mangroves arid zones  Human --60% of the region is considered urban --1/3 of the Surinamese population is South Asian --Voodoo is African religion that is practiced in the region -- Blends of African, European, and some Amerindian cultural elements form up some of the Caribbean, it is known as //Creolization.// --population is comprised of people descended from Africa, Asia, and Europe --Plantation America- European elite ruling class dependent on African labor --languages - Spanish (24 million), French (8 million), English (6 million), Dutch (500,000) --More then 2% of the Caribbean population between the ages 15 and 49 have hiv/aids --Caribbean music includes, calypso reggae, merengue, zouk and other musical forms --80% of the population of Cuba receives an education. --Average women in Cuba have a birth rate of 1.6 children

MOVEMENT People; --Chain Migration- families migrate one member of the family at a time --Circular Migration- residents will move, then work and save money and then return home --1950, Emigration to Caribbean started ----Caribbean Diaspora: economic movement of Caribbean people across the world lasting more than 50 years --intraregional movement --tourist from U.S and othe contries --indentured labor - workers contracted to labor on estates for set period of time --African diaspora - forced removal of Africans from native land -- People migrated form the netherlands Good; -Export of Sugar cane,flower and bananas -Wood --Money

Idea: -African religion and magical systems --How to stucture communites --Hiv/AIDS Treamtment Slavery --Music --Religions(voodoo)

INTERACTION:

Change: --To grow sugar cane and produce fuel, Tropical rain forest were cut down --Damns were built --Too much farming cause land erosion --Pollution

Adapt --For the creation of beaches, Coastal Mangrove swamps were cleared out. --altitudinal zonations cuase certain plants to grow in certain areas --Climate changes cause humans to adapt --Swamps are good for fishing --Hurricanes were an issue so technology was made to help predict them

REGION

pHYSICAL- --Lesser Antilles --Great Antilles --The Rimland --Surrounded by the Carribean Sea -- Soth America

Policitcal -Cuba has a dictator with a soicalist goverment --Independent contries --French british and dutch own islands --Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of theU.S

Cultural- Languages are spoken such as Spanish, French, English, and Dutch are spoken Music-merengue, ragge, and rumba with steel drums

Economic --Trying to achieve economic independence --

Hurricane Hanna