Cuba By Ian Tori and Jordon location Cuba
Cuba By: Ian, Tori, and Jordon
location Cuba is on the north west hemisphere. n It is located on Central America. n It is 23. 08 degrees north and 82. 22 west. n
Crops and Farm Animals n Crops n n n Sugar cane Mangoes Tobacco Palm trees Bananas Citrus fruits n Animal n Cows Bulls Chicken n fish n n
Population and language population n n Havana pop. 2, 327, 000 Santiago de Cuba pop. 544, 400 Camaguey pop. 348, 600 Holguin pop. 312, 100 Guantanamo pop. 269, 200 11. 5 million language n Spanish is the official language but they have different accents.
Animals Birds and other Animal n n n n n Bee hummingbird butterfly bat Flamingo Reef shark Cuban crocodile Emerald hummingbird Cuban Parrot Trogan bird Goliath Crooper fish Mammals n n n Cuban Hutia butterfly bat Bulldog bat Small Indian mongoose Cuban Solenoden Pulid bat
Music/Recreation Activities n n Music and dancing are and essential part of Cuba’s cutler. The rumba, mambo, and cha-cha dance originated in Cuba.
Transportation In the city, they will travel by bicycle or a crowded buses. n In the country, they used carts plod by a horses. n People often use trains or buses to get from city to another. n Cuba has more motorcycles then cars. n
religion/immigration and migration n Because of the influence of communism, Cuba has been among the least religious of the Latin American country. n n They have a church called the Roman Catholic church which is the largest organized. n They left because of Fidel Castro and to get across they would turn to smugglers or fly to Mexico and try to get across. They came when Spain and Christopher Columbus came but there were already native people there.
Climate and land Climate n n Hot Humid Wet Has a rainy season and a dry Land n n n Tropical Rain forest Praries Hills Valleys
government The country is led by a president. n Castro gained control after a war in 1959 n
attractions n Rigor flatteries n Monte mar national park n Baraboo park
Natural recourses and land division n n n natural recourses Nickel iron Copper gold silver chromium cobalt n n n land division Water The Atlantic The Caribbean The gulf of Mexico 14 provinces 1 municipality
History Columbus came in 1492. n n 1511 in Spanish colony started. Wiped out the Taino people. 1762 British took control of Havana. n n n n Traded Cuba for Florida 1898 Spanish American war Cuba gains independence. 1902 US leaves officially but investments still important Nineteen fifties Fidel Castro takes over. Communist government n n Taino people were there Problems with the U. S. - trade cut off. Better education health and social security Relations with US getting better until two planes were shot down by Cuba in 1996.
Agriculture and industries n Farming cooperatives Increase so a bean production for protein. n Self employment n Reorganize state n Foreign help in tourism, mining communications and construction n 20% of labor forces is in agriculture n
Clothing n Women n n Man n n Indians, slacks , short sure it’s, while hours is and can fish use foreign sandals. And dresses formal the events. Long pants, jeans, shirts. For formal events they wear guayabera, a square-cut shirt. In shorts are popular among the young.
Family life /Homes n Family n n n Strong family ties. Expanded family members building near each other. Rely on each other. n Homes n n Most families own on the small house or apartment. There are some larger houses.
Communication Telephones n Film industries controlled by the government n Most homes have television n Many radio stations n Some newspapers, but a paper shortage hurts hoe many are delivered n
Recreational activities n n n n Baseball Boxing Basketball Swimming volleyball Cycling Domino’s n n n Dancing Festivals Music
Ethnic groups Cubans of Spanish descent 66% n Black ancestry are 12% n 21. 9% are mixed n
We would like to think …. n n n n www. drakecentral. info/cuba/Geography/resources. ht m http: //kids. britannica. com/comptons/article 229039/Cuba http: //www. culturegrams. com/products/onlineedition. htm www. flu. edu/fef/gen. mfo. cuba. html www. mongabay. com/igapo/c www. state. gov www. cuhureguest. us/cuda/animalife. hfm
questions n n n What are the points of latitude______ and longitude _________? What dances originated in Cuba? _____________, and _______. What are the major cities? ____________, _______, and ________. What is there official language? _______________. What is there capital, what is its populace? ________, _________. What are to of there climates? __________ , ___________?
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