Chapter Questions
Differentiate between island and rimland environments and the environmental issues that affect these areas.
Summarize the demographic shifts in the Caribbean as population growth slows, urbanization intensifies, emigration abroad continues, and a return migration begins.
Identify the demographic and cultural implications of the forced transfer of African peoples to the Caribbean and the creation of a neo-African society in the Americas.
Explain why European colonists so aggressively sought control of the Caribbean and why independence in the region came about more gradually than in neighboring Latin America.
Describe how the Caribbean is linked to the global economy through offshore banking, emigration, and tourism.
Suggest reasons why the Caribbean does better in social indicators of development than in economic indicators.