Bahamas

By: Kamaya LeeShamajah Gaitor

Ariel Spencer

BACK GROUND

• British settlement of the islands began in 1647; the islands became a colony in 1783.

• Arawak Indians inhabited the islands when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the New World on San Salvador in 1492.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• Capital: Nassau• Official Language: English• Official Name: The Commonwealth of the

Bahamas• Area:5,358 sq. mi.• National Anthem:" March On, National

Bahamaland.".“• Government: democracy; Authur Dion

Hanna

ETHNICITY

• 85% BLACK• 12%WHITE• 3% ASIAN• 3% HISPANIC

RELIGIONS

• 35% BAPTIST• 15% AGLICAN• 14% ROMAN CATHOLIC• 8% PENTECISTOL• 5% CHURCH OF GOD

INDUSTRIES

• BANKING• CEMENT• SALT• SPIRAL WELDED STEEL PIPE

TRADING PARTNERS

• US• POLAND• SPAIN• GERMANY• FRANCE• JAPAN • KOREA

CREDITS

• MADE BY KAMAYA• HELP INCLUDED SHAMAJAH AND

ARIEL• ANIMATION SHAMAJAH AND KAMAYA• TYPING KAMAYA• PICTURES SHAMAJAH AND KAMAYA• PICTURES ARIEL