By: Schneider & Schlough

Animals  The Cane toad is nocturnal! The Jamaican Yellow Boa is the island's largest native terrestrial predator  The Red-Billed Streamertail, also known as the Doctor Bird, is the most abundant and  widespread member of the hummingbird family

Authors  Claudia Rankine is a poet and wrote Nothing in Nature is Private.  Sylvia Wynter wrote the play Under the Sun with her husband Jan Carew.  Roger Mais wrote George William Gordon which was published in the 1940’s

Culture  Jamaica’s primary language is English, The primary local language is patois, or Jamaican Creole.  The native inhabitants of the Caribbean region, including Jamaica, are the Arawaks.  It is considered rude to chew gum or kiss in public.  The population is 90 percent black, 1 percent East Indian, and 7 percent mixed, with a few whites and Chinese.

History  When Christopher Columbus arrived at the island, and claimed it for Spain, but it wasn’t colonized, even after his death.  The native inhabitants of the Caribbean region, including Jamaica, are the Arawaks.  In 1872, Kingston became the capital city.

Government  Jamaica is a parliamentary democracy, based on a system from the British.  Some people want the voting age in Jamaica to be 16, but currently it is 18.  The Jamaican government consists of two houses: the Senate (or Upper House) and the House of Representatives (the Lower House)

Education  They have a free education until primary school.  Based on the British education system.  Four levels: Pre-Primary (kindergarten), Primary (elementary), Secondary (middle/high school), and Higher Education (college etc.).

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