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Unit # 9 Topic: The Caribbean and Cruise Ships

If you have any questions about this assignment phone Mr. Spencer or send a message via e-mail. Each of your answers should be in sentence form and include a portion of the question. Copy down the headings for each section. Refer to your Textbook: Canada Travels: Issues and Destinations by Graham Draper, Wayne Andrew, Lew French, Ethel Johnston and Todd Pottle, Irwin Publishing-Thomson Nelson, Toronto, 2002, ISBN: 0-7725-2908-6

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Maps of the Caribbean
Please sign out the Travel and Tourism Textbook (Travel & Tourism: A World Regional Geography-Hannell, Harshman, Draper, 1992)

In class, use the Oxford School Atlas Eighth Edition (pages 58, 66-67) provided in class,and the textbook "Travel & Tourism: A World Regional Geography" (pages A28 & A29,73) and label the map of the Caribbean and surrounding countries.

1. The Caribbean is a region. It is NOT a country. Label and lightly colour with pencil crayons the following Caribbean countries:

Bahamas Islands & Grand Bahamas	Curacao	Haiti
Barbados	Dominican Republic	Puerto Rico
Bonaire	Grand Cayman	Tobago
Cuba	Jamaica	Trinidad

2. Label the following countries that surround the Caribbean.

Belize	Guatemala	Panama
Colombia	Honduras	United States (Florida)
Costa Rica	Mexico	Venezuela
El Salvador	Nicaragua	Virgin Islands

3. Label the following water bodies

Atlantic Ocean

Caribbean Sea

Gulf of Mexico

Pacific Ocean

Refer to the handout notes or your textbook for pages 64- 78 for the following questions.

Background to the Caribbean
4. Where does the name "Caribbean" come from?

5. a) List the countries that sent colonists to the Caribbean.
b) How did some people from Africa arrive in the Caribbean?

6. How did the Caribbean become a "cultural region" ?

7. What happened to many of the native Arawaks and Caribs when European colonists arrived?

8. Define the following:

a) Creole (page 66)
b) indentured labourers (page 66)
c) Reggae (page 67)
d) polyps (page 69)

9. See page 69. List the products that were grown and manufactured in the Caribbean and brought back to Europe.

10. a) Write a paragraph to describe the climate of the Caribbean.
b) Why are the temperatures warmer in the Caribbean compared to Canada?

11. Read page 71. Describe the impact Hurricane Gilbert had on tourism in Jamaica.

12. a) See page 223 of the Glossary. Define the term Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
b) See page 72. Examine the GDP List and rank the four countries from lowest to highest GDP.
c) Compare the per capita income for L.A. (Los Angeles) on page 53.
d) How wealthy are those who live in the Caribbean?
e) Who might be wealthy in the Caribbean? Provide two (2) examples.
f) How might these people mentioned in the previous question have earned their wealth? Explain.

Problems Facing the Caribbean
13. Read page 76 and 77.
a) Identify and describe four (4) problems faced by people in the Caribbean.
b) Select one of these problems. Suggest a way of reducing the negative impact or solving this problem.

14. See page 75.
a) Explain how coral reefs are formed.
b) Why are coral reefs important to the Caribbean?
c) Use a ruler to draw straight lines and boxes and create and organizer chart with the following information:
-a list of the forces that are destroying the coral reefs
- for each force, identify one course of action to stop the destruction

15. Which country would you like to visit in the Caribbean some day? Why? Provide two (2) reasons.

Cruise Ships
For the following questions, log onto the Internet here:
<http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/travel/caribbean>

16. Select a cruise line from this list. Describe the details for one ship. <http://www.cruiselinejob.com/cruiselines.htm>

17. Visit the deck plans page for cruise ship owned by Norwegian Cruise Lines called the Norwegian Jewel.

At the top of the page, click on the ship deck and list the features/activities for the following decks: a) Deck 13 b) Deck 12

18. a) What form of media is published at www.porthole.com ? b) Who would benefit from using it? Explain.

19. Describe the pollution created by cruise ships in the Caribbean. <http://www.planeta.com/planeta/96/0896cruise.html>

20. Use "Find A Word" explained above and type in "MARPOL".
What is regulated by the MARPOL Protocol Explain.

21. Use "Find A Word" explained above and type in "Princess".
Describe the law suit against Princess Cruises of Great Britain.

Employment in the Cruise Ship Tourism Industry

22. How can this company help you find a job in the Cruise Ship Tourism Industry ?
<http://www.cruiseshipjob.com/personne.htm>

23. List five (5) perks and benefits why a person may wish to work on a cruise ship.
<http://www.cruisejobfinder.com/>

24. Select three (3) jobs on a cruise ship that interest you. Write a summary that includes the following:
<http://www.cruiseshipjob.com/position.htm>

Job #1	Job #2	Job #3
a) Job Title b) Job Description c) Salary Range	a) Job Title b) Job Description c) Salary Range	a) Job Title b) Job Description c) Salary Range

25. Select one ship from a cruise line and decribe the following: <http://www.cruiseshipjob.com/cruiselines.htm>

a) Cruise Line Company
b) Name of the ship
c) Number of passengers
d) Itineraries

 

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