Geography Final   Where do the hurricanes that are so prevalent in the Caribbean originate? Caribbean hurricanes what? What causes the destruction associated with hurricanes? Which of the following caused the deaths of indigenous peoples in the Caribbean? By the middle 1800s, when most colonial gvts

1. Where do the hurricanes that are so prevalent in the Caribbean originate?

off the coast of West Africa

2. Caribbean hurricanes what?

often enter the Caribbean at the Lesser Antilles

3. What causes the destruction associated with hurricanes?

high winds,
heavy downpours,
severe flooding,
coastal tidal surges

4. Which of the following caused the deaths of indigenous peoples in the Caribbean?

brutality by the Spanish,
enslavement,
warfare,
disease

By the middle 1800s, when most colonial gvts. in the Caribbean began to free slaves, they sought indentured laborers from which other world region(s)?

5. south and southeastern asia

Which region of the Americas was the first to be extensively explored and colonized by Europeans?

6. the Caribbean

What was the name of the official US policy that held that the US would not tolerate European military involvement in the Western Hemisphere?

the Monroe Doctrine

7. In what region of Sub-Saharan Africa is desertification most severe?

the Sahel

8. What is transhumance?

the seasonal movement of animals between wet- and dry-season pastures

9. Which of the following countries of Sub-Saharan Africa is landlocked?

Chad

10. Sub-Saharan Africa is what?

has a young population in comparison with western countries