GEOG 1001 Chapter : The Caribbean
Document Summary
The caribbean: first region of the america"s to be colonized by the europeans, although settled by various colonial powers, the residents of this region area mix of african, south asian, and european, culture, more diverse european colonial history. It is influenced still from its colonization period french, spanish, african: strong african imprint due to slavery. Isolated proximity: how far away or close something is which refers to the islands in the caribbean sea: cultural diversity, but limited economic opportunity, ensures its transnational connections and economic dependence, languages in the region, spanish, english, french, dutch. Papiamento : lingua franca: this is the trading language*** It is the blending of african, european, and even amerindian elements; resulted in unique culture: rara, reggae, steel drum bands, merengue, calypso, languages, papiamento. In general getting smaller due to contraception, health care, emigration, education/awareness: hiv/aids decreased, but still twice that of north america, aids is the largest cause of death to young men in the english-speaking.
