2. Music
• They mostly listen to rock and jazz.
• Bob Marley had a huge impact on music here.
3. Language
• "Every ting criss" (crisp) is the equivalent of
everything's cool.
• "wa gwan" - means 'what is going on?
• 'way yuh a'go, e e?' = where are you going?
4. Food
• The breadfruit tree is fast growing. When ripen
the fruit is somewhat soft, the interior is cream
colored or yellow and pasty, also sweetly
fragrant.
• The seeds are irregularly oval, rounded at one
end, pointed at the other.
Ackee is the national fruit of Jamaica and are
found in the evergreen trees.
They have more exotic fruit because of the tropical
weather.
6. Tourist attractions
• Montego Bay..."The Complete Resort" an
awesome place to go swimming with it right on
the ocean you can see tons of aquatic animals.
• South Coast..."Off the Beaten Path" an awesome
trail with trees bending over the path were you
can roller-skate bike run or walk.
• They attract a lot of tourist because of the
famous beaches in the US we are known more
for amusement parks.
7. Current standard of living
• Jamaica is only 51 miles (82 kilometers) across
at its widest point.
• Nearly as many Jamaicans live outside of
Jamaica as on the island.
• Literacy rate 84% male and 94% female.
• unemployment rate is 13%.
8. Current standard of living
• GDP (PPP), in
billions
$23.72
• GDP (PPP) per captia $8,300.
• The unemployment rate is awful compared to
the US same with GDP
9. Works Cited
• Accords, signing the Peace, 1992, between the government, and the
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