Jamaica

= Jamaica by Silvester Habba, Austin Gauss, Quintin Lopez. =

the capital is....

 * ====Kingston====

geography

 * ====Mostly mountains====

=Transportation=
 * ====railroads, highways, waterways which are used in this country for communication. Waterways in jamaica are considered the best way of transportation. tourisists are usually recommended a rented car other than using a plane to go to their destinations.====

=Jamaica=
 * When Jamaica was founded, it was called Sunda Kelapa. Arawak Indians lived in Jamaica when Christopher Columbus arrived in 1494 and claimed the island for Spain.
 * Later the British took over Jamaica in 1655

major language

 * ====English====
 * ====English patois====

climate

 * Tropical
 * Hot humid

population

 * 2,868,280 people

religon

 * ====Many old churches have been carefully maintained and/or restored. There are also a small number of Jewish synagogues and christans in Jamaica, dating from 17th century. they are visited by many Christian and non-Christians seeking traditional solutions that cannot be found in churches or other religious organization.====

food

 * ====Jamaican cuisine includes a mixture of cooking techniques, flavors, spices and influences from the indigenous people on the island, and the Spanish, British, Africans, Indians, and Chinese who have inhabited the island. Some food choices they eat in their Jamaican culture are oxtail, curried goat, callaoo and codfish, escoveitched and much others. ====
 * oxtail
 * codfish
 * ackee
 * escoveitched fish
 * calaoo
 * gizzada

edcuation

 * ====5.8% of Jamaica is educated====

current event

 * ====Tears and cheers at Jackson show. US recording artist Heavy D, the self-proclaimed "overweight lover" of hip-hop, who became one of rap's biggest stars in the 1980s, has died aged 44. He died on Tuesday after being found unconscious at his Los Angeles home. ====

why U.S.A bombed jamaica

 * Jamaica’s Government declared a state of emergency in the state capital of Kingston after two police stations were firebombed. The US State Department has issued a travel alert. The violence is due to the Jamaican governments decision to extradite alleged drug lord Christopher Dudus Coke to the United States.

5 major events

 * 1838 slavery was abolished
 * 1945 august America droped bombs on Jamaica
 * 1988 Hurricane gillbert hits Jamaica
 * 1999 july the army patrols Kingston following a massive increase in crime
 * ====2004 september Hurricane Ivan hits Jamaica====

famous places in Jamaica

 * dunns rivier falls
 * doctors cave beach
 * port royal

5 cool facts

 * Jamaica is the third largest Caribbean island
 * has a mountain that is 7,402 ft high
 * snakes are extreamly rare
 * Jamaica has a blue moon every 40 year smostly summer year around



country economy

 * Jamaica is a dependent country
 * has gangs, violence, and drug trade
 * haveing more and more crime
 * has lowest economy growth in Latin America
 * a raito of 130%

govnerment

 * Constitutional parliamentary democracy

slavery in jamaica
> slavery ended in 1834
 * slavery started in 1494 when christopher Columbus came to Jamaica and enslaved the tainos

country questions

 * 1) What is the capital of Jamaica?
 * 2) What type of government does Jamaica have?
 * 3) What is the climate of Jamaica?
 * 4) What major languages are spoken in Jamaica?
 * 5) What type of transportation does Jamaica have?
 * 6) Why and when did slavery start and when did it end in Jamaica?
 * 7) Why did the United States bomb Jamaica? What was the reason?
 * 8) When was Jamaica founded? Who founded it?