| Geography | Nature | People and Culture | Government and Economy | History |
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What is the Caribbean Sea?
The sea that surrounds Jamaica.
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What is the Homerus swallowtail?
largest butterfly in the Western Hemisphere
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What is the area where 1/3 of all Jamaicans live?
Kingston, the capital
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What are the most important industries in Jamaica? List all 3.
tourism, farming, mining
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What is the name the Taino people gave to the island?
Xaymaca
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What is the chain of Caribbean Islands that Jamaica is a part of?
The Greater Antilles
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What is Jamaica's national bird?
streamertail hummingbird or "doctor bird"
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What is the popular type of music in Jamaica?
reggae
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What is the chief crop of Jamaica?
sugarcane
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What is the name of the first European to visit Jamaica in 1494?
Christopher Columbus
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What is the area that is popular with tourists?
coastal beach
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What it the reason the American crocodile, manatee, and iguana are rare in Jamaica?
They were hunted for meat and hides.
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What is 90% of the population?
African descendants
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What is a valuable mineral in Jamaica that provides 1/2 of all Jamaica's export earnings?
bauxite
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What is the year that Jamaica became independent?
1962
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What is the area that is popular with tourists?
coastal beach
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What is the vervain?
world's second smallest bird
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What is the popular type of music in Jamaica?
reggae or "ragged music"
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What is another key agricultural product?
Name one of the following: bananas, coffee, pimento, and yams
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What is the year that slavery was finally abolished?
1838
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What is the name of the two tectonic plates that collided 25 million years ago to form Jamaica?
North American and Caribbean
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What is the reason that the American crocodile, manatee, and iguana are rare?
They were hunted for meat and hides.
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What is one type of religion in Jamaica?
Name one of the four: Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam.
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What is a valuable mineral in Jamaica that provides 1/2 of all Jamaica's export earnings?
bauxite
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What is the year that Jamaica became independent?
1962
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