DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

PHYSICAL FEATURES

• Mountains
• Beaches
• Waterfalls
• Rain forests
• It affects where people live & jobs in the area.

Climate - tropical wet & dry in most of the area with some tropical wet in the rain forests.

Hurricanes & tropical storms.
Ex- hurricane Bertha

POPULATION

RELIGION

• Christians
• Buddhist
• Muslim

LANGUAGE

• Catalan, Chinese, Japanese, North Levantine, Spoken Arabic, Southwestern Caribbean Creole English, most common - Spanish

CLOTHING

• They wore short skirts called nagua.
• Jewelry made of bone & rock
• skirts, long pants, and collared shirts.

FOOD

• Mexican foods
• Red beans, rice, meats
• Fish, salads, pastas
• Guacamole, soups,

Common instrument- maracas

Sports- baseball. In fact, the DR has the second highest number of players playing in MLB.

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JAN. 26TH, DUARTE'S DAY

TAÍNO-ARAWAK

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