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These are Cuban head masks www.travellady.com The Cuban flag  map of Cuba

Social Groups:
Cuba has a population of about 11.4 million and it is growing almost 0.31 percent a year. Three-fourths of the people live in urban areas; more than 2 million people live in Havana. Cubans of white Spanish descent make up about 37 percent of the population, and 11 percent is made up of people who come from african ancestors. 51 percent is of mixed heritage. And the last percent is Asian. The Cuban culture is highly integrated because each ethnic group changes society in a variety of ways.“Peru.” CultureGrams World Edition. 2007. ProQuest. 19 May 2007 <[|http://online.culturegrams.com>.]

Language: The main language of Cuba is Spanish.
www.ea-online.com/ === Religion: "Havana." Compton's by Britannica. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. 2 Nov. 2007 <[|http://school.eb.com/all/comptons/article-229342>.] In Cuba almost half of the total population is not strongly religious, but of the remaining half, the majority religion is Roman Catholic. Also there is a small portion of Protestants. During World War 2 some Jews emigrated to Cuba. After Castro's rise to power in 1959 most of the Jewish population emigrated to the United States. this is a cathedral in Cuba www.martinfrost.ws === Daily Life: The commonly used foods in Cuba are pork, fowl, rice, and tropical fruit. For family and personal entertainment, the cinema remains extremely popular, and Havana hosts one of the largest film festivals in Latin America each year! Music is a big part in Cuba, it can be heard by many people on the street Malecon. In general, Cuba is a country short of everything, though its people exhibit hardships(Food). They collect and save cars so that other countries buy them like the United States and Europe. Despite having food shortages and electricty blackouts tourists and people who live in Cuba go to many play performances. But, if they have enough food then they eat the foods listed above.

Art:
del Aguila, Juan M. "Cuba." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2007. Grolier Online. 2 Nov. 2007 

Artistic expression is determined by the goverment. and the culture is changed by Marxist ideas. Expression is watched by the goverment. The government controls the press. Pressure by the government changes what's in the literature, cinema, and theater, the government has eased up a bit, to increase tourism, but the restrictions are still very strict. This basically means that if you wanted to write a book the government checks to see if the topic of the book is approved and if it is not they will not let you write that book. www.allposters.com/

Interesting fact: A famous person who has lived in Cuba besides Fadel Castro is Yunel Escobar who is playing for the Atlanta Braves.

__Physical Features__ Conrad!
Cuba. (2007). Encyclopedia Americana. Retrieved November 2, 2007, from Grolier Online http://ea.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0114950-00

Cuba. (2007). Encyclopedia Americana. Retrieved November 2, 2007, from Grolier Online http://ea.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0114950-00.

[[image:statue.jpg width="125" height="204"]]Statue standing ontop of Pico Turquino.
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Water Forms: The Atlantic Ocean lies north of Cuba, and the Caribbean Sea is just south of the country of Cuba. Another water form is El Nicho Falls, a beautiful, and scenic group of waterfalls located in Cuba.

[[image:cuba_el_nicho.jpg width="382" height="217"]]One of many little falls part of El Nicho.
===Climate: The climate is originally tropical. Normally there is a prolonged dry season between December and May, May to November is the rainy season for Cuba. Hurricanes and cloudbursts will come during the rainy season, causing severe flooding, coastal erosions, or landslides. Daylight hours tend to be longer in the winter and shorter in the summer.=== The climate in Cuba is typically Tropical. [|http://www.traveldeals2.co.uk] ===Animals: Snakes, Iguana's, Alligators and Crocodiles. Cuba also has the largest fishing fleet in the Caribbean (one of the largest in the world). About 40% of Cuba's fish caught is caught locally and includes Lobster, Shrimp, Tuna, Mackerel, Bonito, and Snapper.=== Cuban Knight Anole. http://[|www.homepage.mac.com]

Cuban Wood Snake [|http://www.naturephoto-cz.com]

Cuban Iguana. [|http://commons.wikimedia.com]

__Current Issues: George, Jackson, and Conrad__
===Current Events: At least 28 people were killed and 73 injured Saturday in Cuba’s deadliest accident in years after a train slammed into a bus, state television reported. This year, for the first time, it was Fidel Castro’s younger brother, Raúl, the acting president, who gave the annual revolutionary speech at the anniversary celebration===

Bus crash in Cuba. === Government: The government in Cuba is a dictatorship which means where a dictator takes power by force. The dictator in Cuba is Fidel Castro. ===Economy: Before 1959 the Cuban economy was an extension of the U.S. economy. Sugar was a product and it made up more than 80% of Cuban exports and determined the condition of the national economy. Tobacco products, light industry, and a few minerals accounted for the remainder of the trade. Cuba's main trading partners are Canada, Spain, and Venezuela. In the last few years, Castro has shown actions to try to move to a free market economy, but right now they are comunisits. (Dictatorship)===

History;
In the United States, word about rebellions and the cruelties of the Spaniards led to protests. On Feb. 15, 1898, the USS Maine blew up in Havana Harbor; on April 25, 1898, the United States declared war on Spain. This was known as the Spanish American war. It was very shot, but U.S. forces captured and controlled Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. A peace treaty, signed in December made Spain give up Cuba. In 1902 the Republic of Cuba was established. This is a picture of veterans of the Spanish American war, that we fought in to free cubans.

[[image:http://www.hermann-uwe.de/files/images/sugar.preview.jpg width="220" height="223"]] This is a picture of sugar which is a main product in Cuba
Cuban Flag: The flag of Cuba, most recently adopted on 20 May 1902,has five stripes of blue and white and a red triangle on the left side. A white star can be seen in the middle of the red triangle. The first 3 provinces are symbolized by the 3 blue stripes. The triangle stands for liberty, and the red stands for the blood of Cuban patriots.

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this is cuban money

[[image:http://www.vancouverseedbank.ca/catalog/images/Ripe_tobacco_leaf.JPG width="205" height="201"]] This is a picture of tobacco when it is being grown.
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