Caribe - New York University
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Caribe - New York University
Pasaporte al Caribe Estados Unidos de Norteamérica El Mar Atlántico La Florida El Golfo de México Las Bahamas Cuba Puerto Rico México Jamaica El Mar Caribe Haití República Dominicana El Mar Pacífico América del Sur Centroamérica Apellidos (paterno)_______________________________________ (fotografía) (materno)______________________________________ Nombres: ________________________________________ Fecha de nacimiento: día (circle the number of the day of the month you were born) uno dos tres cuatro cinco seis siete ocho nueve diez once doce trece catorce quince dieciséis diecisiete dieciocho diecinueve veinte veintiuno veintidós veintitres veinticuatro veinticinco veintiséis veintisiete veintiocho veintinueve treinta treinta y uno Fecha de nacimiento: mes (circle the name of the month in which you were born) enero febrero marzo abril mayo junio julio agosto septiembre octubre noviembre diciembre Fecha de nacimiento: año (circle the number of the year of your birth) mil novecientos noventa mil novecientos noventa y uno mil novecientos noventa y dos mil novecientos noventa y tres mil novecientos noventa y cuatro mil novecientos noventa y cinco Lugar de nacimiento: ____________________________________________________ Cuba Capital: La Habana sello/ stamp A. Colorea el mapa del Caribe: El Golfo de México = azul Puerto Rico = rojo Haití = verde República Dominicana = amarillo A. Colorea el mapa del Caribe El Golfo de México = azul Puerto Rico = rojo Haití = verde República Dominicana = Amarillo El Mar Pacífico = anaranjado La Florida = rosa B. Colorea la bandera de Cuba. azul rojo blanco azul blanco blanco azul C. Label all the shapes you see in the bandera de Cuba. rectángulo; triángulo; círculo; cuadrado; óvalo; estrella. Golfo de México La Habana Mar Caribe Golfo de México Mar Caribe D. Use the top map to place and label the following cities and towns on the bottom map: La Habana; Santiago de Cuba; Camagüey; Cienfuegos; Holguín. E. Use the scale on the top map to estimate the distances between: La Habana and Matanzas _____ miles; ______kilometers Colón and Santa Clara ______miles; ______kilometers Baracoa and La Habana ______miles; ______kilometers LEAMOS: LET’S READ! In the provinces of Cuba I grew up throwing stones at cans, bottles, trees, fruits and animals. A good deal of importance was attached to how well one could throw, and how far. We could throw even before a baseball entered our lives. And it did early. Wealthy boys could expect baseball equipment as Christmas gifts, because the professional baseball season coincided with the holidays. Poor boys made their own balls and bats using various materials. We played baseball, which in Cuba is known as pelota or ball, all year. But we were in a pelota frenzy during the winter because of the professional season, which divided us mostly into Habanistas (followers of the Habana Leones or Lions), whose color was red, and Almendaristas (followers of the Almendares Alacranes or Scorpions) who wore green. I should confess that I was, that I still am, an Habanista. When I was a child, nobody gave a thought to baseball being American or Cuban. (Adapted from Roberto González-Echevarría, The Pride of Havana: A History of Cuban Baseball. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.) Why was baseball equipment a common Christmas present in Cuba during the author’s childhood? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ In the United States we think about baseball as an American sport, as the “national pastime.” Why do you think the author says that during his childhood, “nobody gave a thought to baseball being American or Cuban”? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Have you ever heard of some of these great baseball players from Cuba? Tony Oliva, Minnesota Twins *** Rafael Palmeiro, Baltimore Orioles ***Orlando “El Duque” Hernández, New York Yankees *** Luis Tiant, Boston Red Sox. ***José Canseco, Oakland Athletics (and other teams) ¿Sabías…? Did you know…? …that Cuba is about 90 miles south of Florida and about the same distance east of Mexico’s Yucatán peninsula? …that the island is 750 miles long? It is the largest of the Caribbean islands; if Cuba were superimposed on a map of the United States, it would stretch from New York to Chicago. …that La Habana became an extremely important city in the 1500s, because it was the meeting point for all Spanish ships that were returning to Spain from the Americas? The ships, often carrying vast amounts of gold, silver and other treasures, would load up with supplies in Cuba for the voyage back across the Atlantic. Because there were many pirates that wanted to get their hands on the silver and gold, the ships traveled in a convoy, and were protected by warships. La Habana is still Cuba’s largest and most important city. …that the Cuban baseball team won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games? …that Cuban food has been influenced by the many cultures that have coexisted on the island: native American, Spanish, African, North American, Chinese, etc.? Puerto Rico Capital: San Juan stamp/ sello Can you label the map above? El Golfo de México; Cuba; Haití; La Florida; El Mar Atlántico; El Mar Pacífico; El Mar C Can you label the map above? El Golfo de México, Cuba, Haití, La Florida, El Mar Atlántico, El Mar Pacífico, El Mar Caribe, América del Sur, La Bahamas, La República Dominicana, Jamaica, México 1. Use the top map to place and label the following cities and towns on the bottom map: San Juan; Mayagüez; Ponce; Bayamón; Caguas; Humacao; Isabel Segunda. 2. Use the scale on the top map to estimate the distances between: Mayagüez and Ceiba _____ miles; ______kilometers Santa Isabel and Vega Baja ______miles; ______kilometers Cabo Rojo and Arecibo ______miles; ______kilometers A. Colorea la bandera de Puerto Rico. rojo azul blanco blanco rojo blanco rojo B. Label the shapes that you find in the bandera de Puerto Rico. cuadrado; óvalo; rectángulo; estrella; triángulo. norte noroeste noreste oeste este suroeste sureste sur La brújula; la rosa de los vientos Use the map of Puerto Rico and the compass rose to tell Arturo in which direction he needs to go to get from one place to another. de Mayagüez a Humacao _____________________________________ de Ponce a San Juan _________________________________________ de San Juan a Ponce__________________________________________ de Carolina a Aguadilla _______________________________________ de Caguas a Bayamón_________________________________________ ¿Sabías…? Did you know…? …that Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States? The 4 million people living in Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens and have some –but not all-- of the same rights and responsibilities as people in the United States. They do not have Congressmen and Senators as the fifty states do, and they are not allowed to vote in the U.S. presidential elections. Puerto Rico’s relation to the United States is a much-debated issue on the island. …that Columbus first arrived in Puerto Rico on November 19, 1493? Most of the taínos, --the native Americans that lived on the island at that time—soon died from disease or from mistreatment by the Spaniards. …that in 1518, the Spaniards started to bring African slaves to Puerto Rico? Slavery existed in Puerto Rico until it was finally banned in 1873. Like in the United States, in Puerto Rico slavery and its aftermath have had an extraordinarily profound impact on all aspects of life. …that people from Puerto Rico make up the largest group of Latino or Hispanic people in New York City? For every three people from Puerto Rico that live on the island, one lives in the United States. There’s a joke told by the great Puerto Rican novelist, Luis Rafael Sánchez: Juan: Where are you from? José: From Puerto Rico. Juan: Oh yeah? From what part of the island? José: From Nueva York. República Dominicana Capital: Santo Domingo 6 5 4 sello/ stamp 1 3 2 A. Find the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 on the map above. Write the name of the country, continent, or body of water that each number marks. 1.______________________ 2.________________________ Find the numbers 1-6 on the map above. Write the name of the country, continent, or body of water that each number marks. 1. _____________________ 2. ________________________ 3.______________________ 4.________________________ 5.______________________ 6.________________________ Choices: Mar Atlántico; Mar Caribe; América del Sur; México; La Florida; Cuba. B. Colorea la bandera de la República Dominicana. azul rojo rojo azul Label the points of the compass rose. Norte Noreste Noroeste Sur Sureste Suroeste Este Oeste República Dominicana Mar Atlántico Mar Caribe República Dominicana Mar Atlántico Mar Caribe 1. Use the top map to place and label the following cities and towns on the bottom map: Santo Domingo; Puerto Plata, Oviedo; Rincón; Monte Cristi. 2. Use the scale on the top map to estimate the distances between: Santo Domingo and Puerto Plata _____ miles; ______kilometers Oviedo and Villa Vásquez ______miles; ______kilometers Santo Domingo and the border with Haiti ______miles; ______kilometers ¿Sabías…? Did you know…? The Dominican Republic occupies the eastern two-thirds of the island of La Española (Hispaniola in English). The western third of the island is occupied by the French-speaking country known as Haiti. About nine million people live in the República Dominicana; two million dominicanos live in the capital, Santo Domingo. Many dominicanos live in New York; they make up the second largest group of Hispanic or Latino people in the city. The Dominican Republic is, in general, a poor country. The richest 10 per cent of dominicanos enjoy 40 per cent of the national income; the poorest half of the country receives less than 20 percent of the nation’s wealth. You may not know what “percent” means, so let’s use an example to understand this. Imagine that you are at a party with 10 guests, and there are ten goody-bags. At the end of the party, one of the guests takes home four of the bags; four of the guests take one bag each; the remaining five guests have to divide up the contents of the two bags that are left. That is an example of how wealth is distributed in the Dominican Republic. The República Dominicana lies in the middle of the Caribbean hurricane belt, and suffered severe damage from Hurricane Georges in 1998. The island nation is an exporter of sugar, coffee, and tobacco, but in recent years, tourism has become the nation’s most important industry. TRUE OR FALSE. Circle “T” if the statement is true; “F” if it is false. The Dominican Republic shares the island of La Española with Puerto Rico. T F There are no rich people in the República Dominicana. T F Hurricanes sometimes do damage to the República Dominicana. T F Santo Domingo is the capital of the República Dominicana. T F Especulemos; Let’s speculate. You now know that tourism is important in the República Dominicana, and that the island lies in the middle of the Caribbean hurricane belt. Can you think of any way these two facts might be related? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Pasaporte al Caribe Can you label the map above? Las Bahamas El Mar Atlántico América del Sur Centroamérica Puerto Rico República Dominicana El Mar Pacífico Norte Sur Este Oeste La Florida El Golfo de México El Mar Caribe Cuba Estados Unidos de Norteamérica Jamaica Haití