An Island Off The Sea. Introduction An Island Of It’s Own (C&C) Important Events (C&E) Statistics...

An Island Off The Sea

• Introduction• An Island Of It’s

Own (C&C)• Important Events

(C&E)• Statistics &

Growth• Growth Continued

(S)• Conclusion• Five Words• Sources

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• Starting 2007,Jamaica began having a pageant called Miss Jamaica.The woman in the pic to the top right is Miss Jamaica 2007.

• Jamaica is a small island located in the carribean.It lies below Cuba and beside Haiti.It’s climates are mostly tropical and in the winter weather is usually between 53-90 degrees F.

• One of Jamaica most popular foods include jerk sauce and are fried.In the bottom left is some good old fashioned Jamaican Jerk Chicken.

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• Jamaica is 4,244 sq miles.But the state of Florida alone is 54,252 sq miles.

• Over 75% of Jamaica’s land is tropical.But,less then 41% of Florida’s land has tropical regions.Over 70% of the Jamaican population is made up of kids.Mostly between the ages of 1-17.In Florida, between 55-65% of the population is made up of children between the ages of 5-17.

• Jamaica runs mostly on it’s own crops & independent work. While most of the US depends on gas, electricity,and money.

• The population on Jamaica is estimated to be about 2,652,689.

• The population of Florida by itself is estimated to be about 17,789,864.

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Important Events

• Because Jamaica is located by the ocean, the island has many hurricanes. (Exp. Hurricane Gilbert)

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Growth Continued

In Conclusion…..

• In conclucion Jamaica is more than what it seems. It’s culture,music,government, and ways of life may be different from ours but were still the same.

Five Words:• Every corner has some

kind of beach or seaside.Some people might even start calling it Bahamas.

• Jamaica reveolves around fruit for it’s natural resources. Along with sugar cane, Jamaicans love fruit and import it everyday.



Thanks To……..Wikipedia.com

Jamaicans.com

Book: Cultures of the World,Jamaica

My mom & Dad

Last but not least………Me,Myself,& I

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