Cuba - Geography
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Cuba - Geography By Ekaterina Zhdanova-Redman
What is your favorite food? Do you like vegetables? What about meat? Do you like sandwiches? Maybe a hamburger is your favorite. A lot of people like sweet foods like cakes, pies, and candy. Do you like sweets? Can you think of your favorite candy or dessert? Now try to imagine a world with no sweet foods at all. No desserts, no candy, no sweet drinks or sodas. Would you like that world? Probably not! 1
Of course, you can eat too much sugar, however it is an important part of some of the foods you eat. You can find sugar in many foods all around you. For many years, there was one country that supplied most of the world's sugar. That country is Cuba. 2
Cuba is an island nation. It is located in the Caribbean Sea. The Caribbean Sea, and Cuba, is located between the southeastern United States, Central America, and South America's northeastern coast. Cuba is one of many islands in the Caribbean. It is one of the largest Caribbean islands, and the fifteenth largest island in the world. Cuba's capital city is called Havana. 3
Cuba's location makes it hot and humid for much of the year. This is good weather for growing sugar cane. What is sugar cane? It is a tall plant. It is actually a kind of grass. But it is thick, like bamboo. It can grow as tall as 4 meters high. Once it‘s grown, sugar cane is cut down. You can actually cut a piece right off of sugar cane to eat! Well, not exactly to eat. Many people chew on a sweet piece of sugar cane. 4
Sugar cane is cut down and processed. This process turns sugar cane into the sugar you are used to seeing. Cuba grows a lot of sugar cane. It also sends sugar to many countries around the world. Cuba's sugar doesn't go to the United States, though. Arguments between the two countries keep Cuba's sugar away. 5
Of course, sugar cane isn't the only plant in Cuba. Palm trees are very common in Cuba. They are beautiful trees. Their leaves are big, thick green fans called fronds. The fronds only grow at the very top of a palm tree. It's said that there are 20 million palms in Cuba! 6
From Cuba's beaches to its sugar cane fields, there is wonderful geography on the island. Its people, cities, and millions of palms make Cuba a jewel in the Caribbean. 7
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Date ___________________
Cuba - Geography 1. Sugar comes from what plant?
Cabbage Bamboo Sugar cane Trees 3. The island of Cuba is located in what
body of water? Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea 5. Cuba is an island nation.
False True
2. Before it is processed, sugar cane tastes
sweet. False True 4. Cuba is the ______ largest island in the
world. 10th 5th 15th 30th 6. What is the capital of Cuba?
Havana Caracas Washington Moscow
7. The United States gets all its sugar from 8. What kind of trees are common in
Cuba. False True
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Cuba? Birch Palm Hickory Maple
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Cuba - Geography - Answer Key 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sugar cane True Caribbean Sea 15th True Havana False Palm
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Cuba - Geography By Ekaterina Zhdanova-Redman
What is your favorite food? Do you like vegetables? What about meat? Do you like sandwiches? Maybe a hamburger is your favorite. A lot of people like sweet foods like cakes, pies, and candy. Do you like sweets? Can you think of your favorite candy or dessert? Now try to imagine a world with no sweet foods at all. No desserts, no candy, no sweet drinks or sodas. Would you like that world? Probably not! 1
Of course, you can eat too much sugar, however it is an important part of some of the foods you eat. You can find sugar in many foods all around you. For many years, there was one country that supplied most of the world's sugar. That country is Cuba. 2
Cuba is an island nation. It is located in the Caribbean Sea. The Caribbean Sea, and Cuba, is located between the southeastern United States, Central America, and South America's northeastern coast. Cuba is one of many islands in the Caribbean. It is one of the largest Caribbean islands, and the fifteenth largest island in the world. Cuba's capital city is called Havana. 3
Cuba's location makes it hot and humid for much of the year. This is good weather for growing sugar cane. What is sugar cane? It is a tall plant. It is actually a kind of grass. But it is thick, like bamboo. It can grow as tall as 4 meters high. Once it‘s grown, sugar cane is cut down. You can actually cut a piece right off of sugar cane to eat! Well, not exactly to eat. Many people chew on a sweet piece of sugar cane. 4
Sugar cane is cut down and processed. This process turns sugar cane into the sugar you are used to seeing. Cuba grows a lot of sugar cane. It also sends sugar to many countries around the world. Cuba's sugar doesn't go to the United States, though. Arguments between the two countries keep Cuba's sugar away. 5
Of course, sugar cane isn't the only plant in Cuba. Palm trees are very common in Cuba. They are beautiful trees. Their leaves are big, thick green fans called fronds. The fronds only grow at the very top of a palm tree. It's said that there are 20 million palms in Cuba! 6
From Cuba's beaches to its sugar cane fields, there is wonderful geography on the island. Its people, cities, and millions of palms make Cuba a jewel in the Caribbean. 7
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Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
Cuba - Geography 1. Sugar comes from what plant?
Cabbage Bamboo Sugar cane Trees 3. The island of Cuba is located in what
body of water? Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea 5. Cuba is an island nation.
False True
2. Before it is processed, sugar cane tastes
sweet. False True 4. Cuba is the ______ largest island in the
world. 10th 5th 15th 30th 6. What is the capital of Cuba?
Havana Caracas Washington Moscow
7. The United States gets all its sugar from 8. What kind of trees are common in
Cuba. False True
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Cuba? Birch Palm Hickory Maple
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Cuba - Geography - Answer Key 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sugar cane True Caribbean Sea 15th True Havana False Palm
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