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=Country Name: Cuba=

Group Members: Emily, Shahla, and Sarah
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Religion-Cuba is mostly Roman Catholic and Santeria. Santeria is the biggest Afro-Cuban religion.
===Daily Life-Average Cuban makes around 200 pesos or 10 US dollars per month. Cubans get food rations and free medical care by the government. Children’s education is the minimum of the 9th grade and from there you can choose if you want to finish high school and college. (Provided by gov.)=== ===Art-Cuba wasn’t known for their art until 1959 when Cuba’s revolution happened. Cuban art was especially noticed when Cuban artists traveled to Europe and were influenced by the art there. The government of Cuba is trying to promote art by opening art galleries, art schools, and museums to everyone. Also, Cuba is known for their dancing. One of the most well known daces is the habanera which started around the 19th century. There are also the tango and the rumba. Music is another aspect of Cuba. Music started getting popular in the 1800's. Some of the earlier instruments are the flutes, maracas (shakers), wooden and conch shell trumpets, and hollow wooden drums. Cuba's music has a mix of European, African, ad Spanish. The Europeans and slaves that came in the 1500's.=== Six(6) Photos







__[[image:hola.jpg width="336" height="246" caption="Spanish is the native language."]] Physical Features-Emily V.__
===Land Forms- Cuba is an island made up of three main mountainous regions. The country is a little bit smaller than the state of Pennsylvania. It's landforms are gentle slopes, rolling plains, and large areas are farmland. Their two large mountain ranges is the west are the Sierra de los Organos an the Sierra del Rosario. The south mountain region is called the Sierra de Escambray. This mountain region includes the ranges of Sierra de Trinidad and the Sierra de Sancti Spiritus. The mountainous range in the south east is the Sierra Maestra. The highest point in Cuba is the Pico Turquino which stands 6,542 feet high in the Sierra Maestra.===
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Climate- Cuba has a hot tropical climate around 77 degrees through the year. The annual rainfall is about 54 inches per year. Hurricanes are likely during the year.
<[|http://www.worldgeography.abc-clio.com>.] ===Water Forms- Cuba has about 200 rivers and streams. Most of theses are shallow, short, and narrow. Not many of these can be navigated in by large ships far into the land. There longest river is the Rio Cauto which flows about 150 miles through southeastern Cuba. The coastline of Cuba, which is 2,100 miles long, has many deep bays and beaches. Alot of the shoreline in the west is marshland and swamps. Cuba has over 200 harbors along its coast.===

===Animals- Cuba has abundant animal life. More than 7,000 mammals, reptiles, and insect species live in Cuba. About 4,000 of theses are land, river and sea mollusks. Sponges and crustaceans are found off the southwestern coast. Tarantulas, scorpions, and other spiders are very common. Cuba has more than 500 fish species and many different types of sharks. Freshwater fish are less common in Cuba. Around 300 bird species are found on the island. Most of these are flamingos, royal thrushes, and nightingales. The national bird of Cuba tocororo lives in the forest. There are just as many reptiles as the sea, river, and land species. The marine species include tortoises, hawkbill turtles, and in the marshes are two kinds of rare crocodiles. Some of the land reptiles are the iguana and the majá de Santa María, the largest snake in Cuba, which is not venomous. There are over 60 types of amphibians, such as frogs and toads.=== [|]

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Current Events-
===Government-Cuba is divided into 14 provinces. Those provinces are divided into 169 municipalities. Provinces are governed by provincial assemblies headed by executive committees. Municipalities are governed by municipal assemblies that are also headed by executive committees. Members of the provincial and municipal assemblies are elected for two and a half year terms.=== ===Economy- In the last few years, Castro has shown actions to try to move to a free market economy. Cuba is the world's fifth leading producer of sugar. But, hurricanes and a shortage of fuel have made it decrease in the last few years. In the early 21st century, certain things of U.S. law did not allow the export of food and agricultural products to the island nation if all matters were made in cash. In 2004, George W. Bush tightened restrictions dealing with travel to Cuba, limited the amount of money that Cuban Americans could send to their relatives in Cuba, and stopped nations favoring Cuban tourism from doing business with the United States. Castro striked back by closing all Cuban businesses that traded in U.S. dollars. Cuba’s main trading partner’s are Canada, Spain, and Venezuela.===

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Religion-Cuba is mostly Roman Catholic and Santeria
===Daily Life-Average Cuban makes around 200 pesos or 10 US dollars per month. Cubans get food rations and free medical care by the government. Children’s education is the minimum of the 9th grade and from there you can choose if you want to finish high school and college. (Provided by gov.)=== ===Art-Cuba wasn’t known for their art until 1959 when Cuba’s revolution happened. Cuban art was especially noticed when Cuban artists traveled to Europe and were influenced by the art there. The government of Cuba is trying to promote art by opening art galleries, art schools, and museums to everyone.===

__Physical Features-Emily V.__
===Land Forms- Cuba is made up of three main mountainous regions. It's landforms are gentle slopes, rolling plains, and large areas are farmland. Their two large mountain ranges is the west are the Sierra de los Organos an the Sierra del Rosario. The south mountain region is called the Sierra de Escambray. This mountain region includes the ranges of Sierra de Trinidad and the Sierra de Sancti Spiritus. The mountainous range in the south east is the Sierra Maestra. The highest point in Cuba is the Pico Turquino which stands 6,542 feet high in the Sierra Maestra.=== ===Water Forms- Cuba has about 200 rivers and streams. Most of theses are shallow, short, and narrow. Not many of these can be navigated in by large ships far into the land. There longest river is the Cauto which flows about 150 miles through southeastern Cuba. The coastline of Cuba, which is 2,100 miles long, has many deep bays and beaches. Alot of the shoreline in the west is marshland and swamps. Cuba has over 200 harbors along its coast.===

Climate- Cuba has a hot tropical climate around 77 degrees through the year. The annual rainfall is about 54 inches per year. Hurricanes are likely during the year.
===Animals- Cuba has abundant animal life. More than 7,000 mammals, reptiles, and insect species live in Cuba. About 4,000 of theses are land, river and sea mollusks. Sponges and crustaceans are found off the southwestern coast. Tarantulas, scorpions, and other spiders are very common. Cuba has more than 500 fish species and many different types of sharks. Freshwater fish are less common in Cuba. Around 300 bird species are found on the island. Most of these are flamingos, royal thrushes, and nightingales. The national bird of Cuba is the tocororo which lives in the forest. There are just as many reptiles as the sea, river, and land species. The marine species include tortoises, hawkbill turtles, and in the marshes are two kinds of rare crocodiles. Some of the land reptiles are the iguana and the majá de Santa María, the largest snake in Cuba, which is not venomous. There are over 60 types of amphibians, such as frogs and toads.===

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http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/article?id=ar142820&st=cuba+water+forms&sc=3

__Current Issues-Sarah S.__
===Current Events- In Cuba, Cubans celebrate 30th anniversary of the death of the Che Guevara, a revolutionary leader. Also, the Pope came to visit Cuba and gave speeches about the U.S. blockade and the Cuban goverment. Another cuurent event is, a plane was shot down owned by an anti-Castro group. This made the U.S. tighten on the embargo.=== source- http://library.thinkquest.org/18355/current_events.html

===Government-Cuba is divided into 14 provinces. Those provinces are divided into 169 municipalities. Provinces are governed by provincial assemblies headed by executive committees. Municipalities are governed by municipal assemblies that are also headed by executive committees. Members of the provincial and municipal assemblies are elected for two and a half year terms. Fidel Castro has been a Dictator since the 1950's and took over Cuba by force.=== source- http://www.worldgeography.abc-clio.com/library/maps/countrydisplay.aspx?jump=true&nav=non&countryID=47 ===Economy- In the last few years, Castro has shown actions to try to move to a free market economy, but right now they are comunisits. Cuba is the world's fifth leading producer of sugar. But, hurricanes and a shortage of fuel have made it decrease in the last few years. In the early 21st century, certain things of U.S. law did not allow the export of food and agricultural products to the island nation if all matters were made in cash. In 2004, George W. Bush tightened restrictions dealing with travel to Cuba, limited the amount of money that Cuban Americans could send to their relatives in Cuba, and stopped nations favoring Cuban tourism from doing business with the United States. Castro striked back by closing all Cuban businesses that traded in U.S. dollars. Cuba’s main trading partner’s are Canada, Spain, and Venezuela.=== source- http://www.worldgeography.abc-clio.com/library/maps/countrydisplay.aspx?jump=true&nav=non&countryID=47

===History- Colombus first came to the island, it was owned by an indian tribe, "Ciboney". Colinization began in 1511. Diego Velazauez, established the town of Baracou. Then it became the supply base for the expeditions to Meixico and Florida. It did well in the 16-17th centuries. The middle of the 16th century, the Indian population was almost extinct. After the seven year war, when the English took power of the Havana, the spanish goverment encouraged colinization, expansion of selling goods and growing things. In 1774-1817, the population exploded! It was first 161,000 to more than 550,000. During 1848 to 1851, annextion of the island to the United States ended with the capture of the spanish-American general, Narciso Lopez. In 1868, under the officer of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, proclaimed Cuban independance! In 1886, slavery was abolished.=== source- [|http://www.emayzine.com/lectures/HISTOR~7.htm]

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Cuban Flag- This Cuban flag was adopted on May 20, 1902. The flag has five stripes of blue and white and one red triangle on the left side. There is a white star in the triangle. The 3 blue stripes symbolize the 3 original provinces. Liberty is symbolized by the red triangle. And, the red of the triangle is for the blood of Cuban patriots. http://online.culturegrams.com/world/world_country.php?contid=6&wmn=North_America&cid=40&cn=Cuba source for this picture- http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/800px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Cuba.svg&h=400&w=800&sz=12&hl=en&start=15&um=1&tbnid=rERHIOnuiAWLjM:&tbnh=72&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcuban%2Bflag%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3DSUNA,SUNA:2006-46,SUNA:en%26sa%3DN

Fidel Castro and his brother, Raul This is a diagram of the anit-Castro plane being shot down. This is a current event. Source- http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/1606943.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1939057D9939C83F106669C564AC5C8F79C5A5397277B4DC33E

This is the Provincial goverment building in Cuba. Source- http://www.theodora.com/wfb/photos/cuba/provincial_government_building_cuba_photo_galen_r_frysinger.jpg Cuban Vintage Car. Source- http://www.olgakarman.net/Scrapbook-PhotosPlaces.html



Some Cuban coins. Source- http://z.about.com/d/coins/1/7/1/3/-/-/Cuba_money_coins.jpg

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