https://padlet.com/mariliasagula99/Bahamas Exercise 2: English in the world en-us 2021-07-19 13:00:34 UTC 2021-07-19 17:09:19 UTC hello@padlet.com http://res.cloudinary.com/springbok-puzzles-com/image/upload/q_40/q_60/v1411423179/Flag%20Large/60-100-21043-2.jpg mariliasagula99 https://padlet.com/mariliasagula99/Bahamas/wish/1654728811 The name Bahamas is of Lucayan Taino (Arawakan) derivation, although some historians believe it is from the Spanish bajamar, meaning “shallow water.” The Bahamas is made up of over 700 islands, islets and cays in the Atlantic Ocean. "Bahamas" may refer to the country or the largest island chain it shares with the Turks and Caicos Islands. The islands occupy a position commanding the gateway to the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and the entire Central American region.]]> 2021-07-19 13:18:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mariliasagula99/Bahamas/wish/1654728811 mariliasagula99 https://padlet.com/mariliasagula99/Bahamas/wish/1654801899 2021-07-19 14:26:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mariliasagula99/Bahamas/wish/1654801899 mariliasagula99 https://padlet.com/mariliasagula99/Bahamas/wish/1654871641 The population of the Bahamas is 85% African, 12% European and 3% Asian and 3% Latin Americans. Baptists account for 35% of the population, followed by Anglican (15%), Roman Catholic (13%) and Pentecostal (8%). The region was originally inhabited by the Lucayan, a branch of Arawakan-speaking Taino, although they were later shipped to Hispaniola for slavery by the Spaniards, who never colonized the Bahamas. For most of the 16th century, the islands were abandoned.]]> 2021-07-19 15:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mariliasagula99/Bahamas/wish/1654871641 mariliasagula99 https://padlet.com/mariliasagula99/Bahamas/wish/1654944489 The Bahamian climate, mild throughout the year, is one of the great attractions of the area. The average temperature varies from the low 70s F (about 21 °C) during the winter to the low 80s F (about 27 °C) during the summer, and extremes seldom fall below the low 60s F (about 16 °C) or rise above the low 90s F (about 32 °C). ]]> 2021-07-19 17:01:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mariliasagula99/Bahamas/wish/1654944489 mariliasagula99 https://padlet.com/mariliasagula99/Bahamas/wish/1654948611 Bahamas population is equivalent to 0.01% of the total world population. Based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data, the current population of Bahamas is 397,165 and 86.1% of the population is urban.]]> 2021-07-19 17:06:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mariliasagula99/Bahamas/wish/1654948611