| A | B |
|---|
| West Indies | another name for the Caribbean Islands |
| Asia | where Columbus thought he landed |
| northern | area of the Caribbean where the Bahamas are located |
| how coral islands formed | shells of tiny sea animals build up layer by layer |
| trees | what covers most coral islands |
| Jamaica | Greater Antilles island south of Cuba |
| Cuba | largest island of the Greater Antilles |
| how volcanic islands are formed | plates beneath this area collided |
| volcano on Martinique | 1902 disaster that covered the town of St. Pierre |
| number of Caribbean regions | three |
| direction the trade winds blow | west |
| Caribbean temperatures | warm all year around |
| coconut palm | seeds carried from Africa |
| hurricane season | summer |
| hurricane birthplace | off the coast of Africa |
| hurricane namesake | the evil god Juracan |
| precipitation of windward coasts | large amounts of rain |
| Columbus believed the islands had deposits of this | gold |
| Jamaica's natural mineral | bauxite |
| the Caribbean's most valuable resource | soil |
| precipitation of leeward coasts | very little rain |
| Trinidad and Tobago's leading export | oil |
| name for a beginning hurricane | tropical depression |
| center of the hurricane | the eye |
| most powerful part of a hurricane | eye wall |
| another named for a hurricane | cyclone |
| two countries that share Hispaniola | Haiti and Dominican Republic |
| formed the Greater Antilles | the tops of mountains |
| formed the Bahamas Islands | coral |
| formed the Lesser Antilles | volcanic eruptions and coral |
