Haiti and TheDominican Republic

Created byMr. Raponi

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

______________

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

_______________.

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

__________________.

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.

Sugar Farming, Not An Easy Job

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.