2. English
Jamaican Patois: Patois is a French term
meaning "very local language.“
3. avocados
Ripe plantains, looks like a banana
Jamaican Yams, looks like coral
Cassava or Yucca, looks like a coco bean
Sweet Potatoes
Coconut
4. Animal husbandry
Fishing
Forestry
Mining
Tourism – The tourism industry earns over 50
percent of the country's total foreign exchange
earnings and provides about one-fourth of all
jobs in Jamaica
5. mento
ska
rocksteady
reggae
dub music
dance hall
reggae fusion
6. Population- 2,868,380
GDP per person- $8,300 in 2010
Literacy rate - 87.9%
Life expectancy - male: 71.79 years, female:
75.19 years