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Haiti and TheDominican Republic
Created byMr. Raponi
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One Island,Two Countries
Haiti and the Dominican Republic share an island named
_____________with the west 1/3 of the island belonging to
_____________ and the eastern 2/3 belonging to the
______________
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Haiti won its independence from
______________ in 1804.
During most of the 1900s,
_______________ ruled Haiti.
In 1990, Haitian voters elected Jean Bertrand Aristide as a Democratic president. Aristide’s supporters praised him as “the first democratically elected leader of Haiti” and a friend of the poor.
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Land of Haiti
Haiti’s 27,750 square miles makes Haiti a little bit smaller than the state of
______________.
At 174 miles long, the
_______________
River is the longest in the country and is used for irrigation.
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Economy of
Haiti
Power struggles and civil war has left Haiti’s economy in ruins.
Haiti’s people are generally poor and live
in ________________ areas.
Coffee, the cash crop, is shipped through
___________________, the capital.
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Mmmmm, BBQ!
The word barbecue comes from the Spanish translation of the native Haitian word barbacoa.
It seems that the Spaniards, who arrived just a few years after Columbus landed in North America in 1492, found the Haitian natives roasting animal meat over a raised metal framework. A fire was built underneath, and the flames and smoke would rise and envelop the animal meat, giving it flavor.
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People of Haiti
There are over ______________ people that live in
Haiti.
The major language of the country are French and
______________, which is a mixture of French and English.
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2010 Earthquake
On January 12, 2010, at 4:53 pm local time. Haiti was struck by a magnitude-7.0 earthquake, the country's most severe earthquake in over 200 years.
The epicenter of the quake was just outside the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince.
On February 10th the Haitian government gave a confirmed death toll of 230,000. Widespread damage resulted from the quake. The capital city was devastated.
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More Earthquake
Haiti will need to be completely rebuilt from the ground up, according to a journalist, as "even in good times, Haiti is an economic wreck.”
As many as one million Haitians were left homeless.
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Dominican
Republic
The Dominican Republic’s 48,730 square miles makes it twice the size of
_______________
The D.R. gained its independence from Haiti in
_______________.
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Land of the D.R.
Lies in the middle of the
______________________ and is subject to severe storms from June to October.
The D.R. has the highest mountain in the entire Caribbean,
______________________ at 10,417 feet.
The longest river in the Caribbean is also located here, the
__________________.
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Economy of
the D.R.As in most Caribbean island nations,
__________________plays a major role in the economy.
Farmers produce sugar, coffee, cocoa, bananas and rice.
Miners produce nickel, silver and gold.
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Sugar Farming, Not An Easy Job
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People Of the __________ million
people living in the Dominican Republic, about ¼ of the population lives in the capital city,
_____________________.
_______________ is the main language and 95% of the population is Roman Catholic.
One of the Major activities within the D.R. is baseball, it is the national game.