Caribbean power point
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Caribbean MSCD Geg 1920 Fall 2008 Lecturer: Sara Jackson
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Transcript of Caribbean power point
CaribbeanMSCD Geg 1920
Fall 2008
Lecturer: Sara Jackson
Caribbean
What makes the Caribbean unique?
• Isolated Proximity
Caribbean
• Physical Geography
• Population Geography
• Environmental Geography
• Haiti as a case study
Landforms
Climate
Hurricane Mitch
Population
Slave Trade
Diffusion of African Religions
Emigration
Urban Geography: English
Urban Geography: Spanish
Environmental Issues
Case Study: Haiti
Review
• What are the relationships between the physical geography of the region and the history of development and human impacts on the environment?
Jamaica
• Geopolitics and challenges to economic development