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❍ locating the Caribbean region and Trinidad and Tobago on a world map

❍ identifying the location of the Caribbean and Trinidad and Tobago using lines of latitude and longitude

• Caribbean area and territories

❍ naming and locating Caribbean territories, their capitals, seas and oceans on maps of the Caribbean

❍ compare sizes of Caribbean territories

• Caribbean region and integration

❍ examining reasons for the existence of the Caribbean as a region

❍ suggesting ways of strengthening Caribbean integration

• Integration movements

❍ examining Caribbean integration movements

❍ suggesting ways of strengthening Caribbean integration.

Locating the Caribbean

We are learning to:

• locate the Caribbean region and Trinidad and Tobago on a world map

• identify the location of the Caribbean and Trinidad and Tobago using lines of latitude and longitude.

Locating the Caribbean

To find the Caribbean on a world map:

• First find the continents of North America and South America.

• Look at the narrow strip of land that joins the two continents.

• To the east you will see the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

• The Caribbean region is located in and around the Caribbean Sea.

The Caribbean: Political

Activity

Your teacher will hand out blank maps of the Caribbean. Insert the Tropic of Cancer, the Caribbean territories and their capitals, and the surrounding bodies of water.

Geography for Trinidad and Tobago: Locating the Caribbean

Locating Trinidad and Tobago on the world map

Trinidad and Tobago is made up of two islands to the east of the Caribbean Sea and to the north of Venezuela. The country is located between latitudes 10ºN and 12ºN and between longitudes 60ºW and 63ºW.

Exercise a) The Caribbean region is located in the ____ Sea. b) To the east of the Caribbean is the _____________. c) Many Caribbean territories have the ___ Sea on their southern coast and the ___ Ocean on their northern coast. a) Bahamas b) Jamaica c) Trinidad and Tobago

1. Copy and complete.

2. For each of the following territories, find the territory’s capital city on the map. Describe where it is located – to the east, west, north or south of the island or territory.

3. Name Trinidad and Tobago’s nearest neighbours: a) in the Atlantic Ocean b) in the Caribbean Sea c) on the mainland of South America.

Discussion

The countries of the Caribbean are considered part of North America although they are closer to South America. Why? Do you agree that this should be the case?

Key vocabulary islands