Q 01/05

The Caribbean Sea lies southwest of which sea, famous for its floating seaweed?

A) The Tasman Sea

B) The Coral Sea

C) The Weddell Sea

D) The Sargasso Sea

Answer · why

D) The Sargasso Sea

Both are parts of the North Atlantic in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere.

Q 02/05

The name Caribbean comes from which native people?

A) The Taíno

B) The Maya

C) The Caribs

D) The Arawaks

Answer · why

C) The Caribs

They were one of the region's dominant peoples when Europeans arrived in the late 15th century.

Q 03/05

The Greater Antilles form the sea's northern boundary, running from Cuba east to which island?

A) Trinidad

B) Barbados

C) Jamaica

D) Puerto Rico

Answer · why

D) Puerto Rico

The Lesser Antilles then take over, curving south from the Virgin Islands.

Q 04/05

Roughly how large is the Caribbean Sea?

A) About 8,000,000 sq km

B) About 12,000,000 sq km

C) About 5,000,000 sq km

D) About 2,750,000 sq km

Answer · why

D) About 2,750,000 sq km

That makes it one of the largest seas on Earth.

Q 05/05

What is the deepest point of the Caribbean Sea?

A) The Beata Ridge

B) The Grenada Basin

C) The Cayman Trough

D) The Puerto Rico Trench

Answer · why

C) The Cayman Trough

It plunges to 7,686 metres between the Cayman Islands and Jamaica.