1. Dominican Republic By: Mariah Kelly

3. South-East of Florida

4. Caribbean Sea to the South

5. Atlantic Ocean to the North

7. 2nd largest country in Caribbean

8. Very mountainous in the Mid-West

9. Enriquillo Lake North-West of Barahona

10. Home to Pico Duarte: the highest mountain in Caribbean (10,128 ft.)

11. 5 mountain Ranges on the island

12. South- Western part

13. North (around Puerto Rico)

14. North- East (Samana and El Seíbo)

15. Very diverse areas:

16. Semi- desert plains

17. Valleys

18. Tropical rainforests

19. 27 different climate zonesGeography

21. Executive Branch

22. Legislative Branch( 2 houses- senators and deputies)

23. Judicial Branch

24. Constitution created on November 28, 1966 AND amended in 1994 and 2002

25. President

26. Leonel Fernández Reyna

27. Elected for one term of 4 years (can’t be elected consecutive terms)

28. Senators

29. 4 year term

30. 30 seats

31. One for each of the 29 provinces in the D.R. and one for the National District (which can be compared to D.C.)

32. Deputies

33. 4 year term

34. Number of deputies elected depends on the population

35. Each meber represents about 50,000 people

36. Currently 145 members  so population = 7.2 million

37. Judicial Branch

39. 1 Dominican Peso= .027526 U.S. dollars

40. Peso coins come in 1 and 5 pesos

41. Bills come in 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000, 2000

42. Dominican Pesos symbol is RD

43. 1 Dominican peso (RD$) = 100 centavos(from go.hrw.com) *Most tourist destinations prefer you pay in U.S. dollars

45. Coffee

46. Cocoa

47. Tobacco

48. Rice

49. Beans

50. Potatoes

51. Corn

52. Bananas

53. Nickel

54. Bauxite

55. Gold

57. Ages for attendance are similar to America, except a wider range of ages of students in a class

58. Basic Subjects: math, reading, writing, science

60. All children required to wear uniforms

61. After high school college is an option, but the money used on transportation there and back costs more than actual classes

62. Public colleges

63. Private colleges: VERY expensive which only allows the really wealthy to go there

64. If college isn’t an interest, you can go to medical school right after high school

65. Literacy Rate: 82.1% total, 82.0% male, 82.2% female (1995 est.) (from go.hrw.com)

67. Men have children from many different women

68. Generations of families will live in a house together

69. Father is the one with the job and wife works in the house and handles the children…Except in poorer communities, wives will clean for wealthy families to help make money

70. Children do most of the jobs around the house

71. Children don’t move out until they are married

72. In poorer areas girls get married very young

73. Life Expectancy: 71.34 male, 75.64 female (2001 est.)(from go.hrw.com)

75. Eastern tip of island

76. Resorts, golf courses, and beaches

77. Higuey- Basilica of Our Lady (Basilica de Nuestra Senora)

78. Center for religious activity on the island

79. Amazing architecture

80. Bahia de La Jina

81. Bay on the north coast

82. Beautiful views and very scenic

83. Cano Honde Caves

84. Amazing caves

85. Very hard to get to/ into

86. Eastern National Park

87. One of the Caribbean’s largest marine parks

88. Remote beaches

89. Caves

90. Home to amazing wildlife: Dominican birds, fish, turtles, dolphins, coral reef

91. Diego Columbus’ House

92. Christopher Columbus’ son

93. Columbus Lighthouse (Faro a Calon)

94. Monument and museum

96. 1496- Santo Domingo was founded (now the oldest European settlement in the Western hemisphere)

97. 1822- Haitians conquer the island

99. 1865- Dominican independence restored

100. 1916- United States helped Dominicans form a military government

101. 1930-1961- Rafaél Leonides Trujillo Molina established a dictatorship

102. 1962- Juan Bosch elected president; first time democratically in 4 decades

104. Fish is widely consumed because the proximity to the sea(s)

105. Fried foods are very commonly seen (main method of cooking food)

106. Foods most eaten are beans and rice

107. Most food is cooked on stoves, but many families don’t have them so they cook over a fire

108. Traditional dish is “La Bandera”, (which mean the flag) contanes rice, beans, meat, vegetables, and fritos verdes

110. Santo Domingo

111. January 2- August 17

112. Teaches English and works with the poorest communities in the D.R.

113. Works in the Haitian tent cities and field hospitals since earthquake

114. Has to be careful when in public

115. Runs church services in the communities(there are pictures on the glogster of her service on Palm and Easter Sunday)

116. GLOGSTER http://mariahk12.edu.glogster.com/dominican-republic/