Caribbean
Cuba is the largest Caribbean island by area. This topic is part of Regions within Geography. This page currently draws on 34 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Caribbean trivia questions
The Caribbean is centered on what sea?
Answer: Caribbean Sea
Bonus fact: The region includes islands and nearby mainland coasts.
Which island is the largest in the Caribbean?
Answer: Cuba
Bonus fact: Cuba is the largest Caribbean island by area.
The Greater Antilles include Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and what other major island?
Answer: Puerto Rico
Bonus fact: Puerto Rico is part of the Greater Antilles.
Barbados is located in which ocean, east of the main Caribbean island arc?
Answer: Atlantic Ocean
Bonus fact: Barbados sits on the Atlantic edge of the Caribbean region.
Honduras has coastline on the Caribbean Sea and which small Pacific gulf?
Answer: Gulf of Fonseca
Bonus fact: The Gulf of Fonseca provides Honduras limited Pacific access.
The Haitian Revolution took place in what Caribbean colony?
Answer: Saint-Domingue
Bonus fact: Saint-Domingue became Haiti.
The Caribbean Sea lies southeast of which continent?
Answer: North America
Bonus fact: It lies between Central America, South America, and the Caribbean islands.
The Caribbean Sea is part of which ocean?
Answer: Atlantic Ocean
Bonus fact: It is a marginal sea of the Atlantic.
Which island group forms much of the Caribbean Sea's northern and eastern boundary?
Answer: Antilles
Bonus fact: The Greater and Lesser Antilles arc around the sea.
Salsa music developed strongly from Caribbean styles associated especially with which island?
Answer: Cuba
Bonus fact: Cuban son and other Afro-Cuban styles strongly influenced salsa.
Calypso music originated in which Caribbean country?
Answer: Trinidad and Tobago
Bonus fact: Calypso developed from Afro-Caribbean traditions.
Which ocean is commonly crossed by ocean rowers from the Canary Islands toward the Caribbean?
Answer: Atlantic Ocean
Bonus fact: Trade winds can assist westbound Atlantic crossings.